Mammillary body

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounOne of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.

Synonyms

mamillary body corpus mamillare olivary body limbic lobe epithalamus habenula pineal body tectum pituitary gland pulvinar medullosphere pallidum

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