What is the meaning of fornix?

noun

  • Generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space. )
  • An arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies.
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