A small, round, paired cell group that protrudes into the interpeduncular fossa from the inferior aspect of the hypothalamus. It receives hippocampal fibres through the fornix and projects fibres to the anterior thalamic nuclei and into the brainstem tegmentum. ... Synonym: corpus mamillare, mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ......
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mammillary body either of the pair of small spherical masses in the interpeduncular fossa of the midbrain, forming part of the hypothalamus.
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n] - one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
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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
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one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
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