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Definitions of fornix in English

Noun(1) generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space(2) 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

Examples of fornix in English

(1) The septum pellucidum stretches across the interval between the genu of the corpus collosum and the columns of the fornix , separating the frontal horns of the two lateral ventricles.(2) The fornix is an arching, fibrous band of nerve fibers.(3) Between the two crura of the fornix is a white, triangular lamina, known as the fornical commissure.(4) Axons of neurons in the hippocampus (a specialized part of the cerebral cortex involved in conscious memory) run in a tract called the fornix , which ends on neurons in the mammillary bodies of the hypothalamus.(5) The fornix , mamillary bodies, and part of the anterior commissure can also be seen.(6) The fornices should be palpated around the cervix for nodules suggestive of endometriosis, and may also be the etiology for fixed adnexa or may result from pelvic inflammatory disease.(7) This again removes debris that could have hung up at the edge of the keratectomy and not run to the fornices .(8) Excessively large implants may also compromise the fornices and possibly limit motility.(9) The anterior part of the septum and the third ventricular roof were deficient with a narrow Monro's foramen and the third ventricular floor was visible through the space between both fornices .(10) The lateral fornices may be lavaged without manipulation by directing the stream into them.

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