FORNIX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: fornices

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

fornix; trigonum cerebrale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fornix" is a kind of...):

fascicle; fasciculus; fiber bundle; fibre bundle (a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers))

Meronyms (parts of "fornix"):

carina fornicis (ridge on the lower surface of the fornix of the brain)

Holonyms ("fornix" is a part of...):

limbic brain; limbic system; visceral brain (a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)