Postcommissural fibers

Fibrae postcommissurales

Related terms: Postcommissural fornix; Postcommissural fibres

The posterior fibres of each side continue through the hypothalamus to the mammillary bodies; then to the anterior nuclei of thalamus, which project to the cingulate cortex.

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This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org

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Human anatomy 1

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Nervous system >
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Brain >
Telencephalon; Cerebrum >
Cerebral hemisphere >
White substance of telencephalon; cerebral white matter >
Fornix >
Column of fornix >
Postcommissural fibres

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