- mammillary body
- mammillary body n either of two small rounded eminences on the underside of the brain behind the tuber cinereum forming the terminals of the anterior pillars of the fornix called also corpus albicans
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Mammillary body — Brain: Mammillary body The hypophysis cerebri in position. Shown in sagittal section. (Label corpus mamillare at right.) … Wikipedia
mammillary body — noun One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, at the ends of the anterior arches of the fornix. They form part of the limbic system and are often categorized as part of the hypothalamus. They consist of … Wiktionary
mammillary body — noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix • Syn: ↑mamillary body, ↑corpus mamillare • Hypernyms: ↑neural structure • Part Holonyms: ↑diencephalon, ↑int … Useful english dictionary
peduncle of mammillary body — a bundle formed by a convergence of afferent fibers in the midbrain tegmentum; it ends in the mammillary body … Medical dictionary
mammillary — 1. adjective /ˈmamɪləɹi/ a) Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form. On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes. b) Pertaining to… … Wiktionary
body — тело body painting раскрашивание тела mammillary body мамиллярное тело truncated body изувеченное тело black body абсолютно чёрное тело bluff body плохо обтекаемое тело … English-Russian travelling dictionary
lateral nucleus of mammillary body — n. mammillaris lateralis … Medical dictionary
medial nucleus of mammillary body — n. mammillaris medialis … Medical dictionary
Mammillary process — Bone: Mammillary process A lumbar vertebra from above and behind. (Mammillar process labeled at center left.) Latin processus mammillaris Gray s … Wikipedia
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
