Medical Definition of Commissura posterior cerebri

1. A thin band of white matter, crossing from side to side beneath the habenula of the pineal body and over the aditus ad aqueductum cerebri; it is largely composed of fibres interconnecting the left and right pretectal region and related cell groups of the midbrain; dorsally, it marks the junction of the diencephalon and mesencephalon. Synonym: posterior cerebral commissure. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissura Posterior Cerebri

commissura alba
commissura anterior
commissura anterior grisea
commissura cinerea
commissura colliculorum inferiorum
commissura colliculorum superiorum
commissura fornicis
commissura grisea
commissura habenularum
commissura hippocampi
commissura labiorum
commissura palpebrarum lateralis
commissura palpebrarum medialis
commissura posterior cerebri (current term)
commissura posterior grisea
commissura ventralis alba
commissurae supraopticae
commissural
commissural cell
commissural cheilitis
commissural fibres
commissural myelotomy
commissure
commissure of cerebral hemispheres
commissure of fornix
commissure of habenulae
commissure of inferior colliculi
commissure of lips

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