fornix of brain

Preferred Label : fornix of brain;

Uberon definition : A C-shaped bundle of fibres (axons) in the brain, and carries signals from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and septal nuclei. It is typically divided into the columns (crus), body, commissure and the pre-commissural and post-commissural fornix (MM).;

Uberon synonym : cerebral fornix; brain fornix; forebrain fornix; fornix of neuraxis; neuraxis fornix;

Uberon related term : fornix hippocampus; fornix (column and body of fornix); hippocampus fornix;

Uberon broad term : fornix;

Details

Origin ID

0000052;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cerebral Fornix [NCIt concept]
- Cerebral fornix structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire cerebral fornix (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire fornix of vagina (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fornix of forebrain [FMA entity]
- Fornix of neuraxis [FMA entity]
- fornix of forebrain [Radlex concept]
- fornix of neuraxis [Radlex concept]
- fornix, brain [MeSH concept]
- fornix, brain [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Cerebral Fornix [NCIt concept]
- Entire cerebral fornix (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Fornix of forebrain [FMA entity]
- Fornix of neuraxis [FMA entity]
has part
- anterior column of fornix [UBERON concept]
- body of fornix [UBERON concept]
- hippocampus fimbria [UBERON concept]
- postcommissural fornix of brain [UBERON concept]
- posterior column of fornix [UBERON concept]
- precommissural fornix of forebrain [UBERON concept]
part of
- hippocampal formation [UBERON concept]

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