fornix

Noun

for=nix

WORDNET DICTIONARY

fornix(n = noun.body) - generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space);

fornix(n = noun.body) trigonum cerebrale - 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;

has parts: carina fornicis

is a kind of fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle

is a part of limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain

fornix, n. [L., an arch.].

An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. [1913 Webster]