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Definition of Mamillary body
1. Noun. One of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix.
Exact synonyms: Corpus Mamillare, Mammillary Body
Generic synonyms: Neural Structure
Group relationships: Betweenbrain, Diencephalon, Interbrain, Thalmencephalon
Generic synonyms: Neural Structure
Group relationships: Betweenbrain, Diencephalon, Interbrain, Thalmencephalon
Medical Definition of Mamillary body
1. A small, round, paired cell group that protrudes into the interpeduncular fossa from the inferior aspect of the hypothalamus. It receives hippocampal fibres through the fornix and projects fibres to the anterior thalamic nuclei and into the brainstem tegmentum. Synonym: corpus mamillare, mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000)
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