mammillary body
1mammillary 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 …
2Mammillary body — Brain: Mammillary body The hypophysis cerebri in position. Shown in sagittal section. (Label corpus mamillare at right.) …
3mammillary 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 …
4mammillary 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 …
5peduncle of mammillary body — a bundle formed by a convergence of afferent fibers in the midbrain tegmentum; it ends in the mammillary body …
6mammillary — 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… …
7body — тело body painting раскрашивание тела mammillary body мамиллярное тело truncated body изувеченное тело black body абсолютно чёрное тело bluff body плохо обтекаемое тело …
8lateral nucleus of mammillary body — n. mammillaris lateralis …
9medial nucleus of mammillary body — n. mammillaris medialis …
10Mammillary process — Bone: Mammillary process A lumbar vertebra from above and behind. (Mammillar process labeled at center left.) Latin processus mammillaris Gray s …
