Commissure of fornix of forebrain at a glance
- Also called
- Hippocampal commissure
- What it is
- The commissure of the fornix (hippocampal commissure) is a thin band of fibres that links the crura of the two fornices.
- Location
- It lies beneath the splenium of the corpus callosum, where the crura of the fornices approach each other.
- Function
- It carries fibres connecting the hippocampal formations of the two hemispheres.
- Body system
- Nervous · single, midline structure
- FMA ID
- FMA61970 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Also called the psalterium or lyre of David.
- Better developed in some other mammals than in humans.
Structures next to the commissure of fornix of forebrain
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Choroid plexus of cerebral hemisphere · nervous
- Hair of head · skin
- Posterior commissure · nervous
- Thalamus · nervous
- Corpus callosum · nervous
- Third ventricle · nervous
- Pineal body · endocrine
- Superior colliculus · nervous
- Fornix of forebrain · nervous
- Lateral ventricle · nervous
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Commissure of fornix of forebrain (FMA61970). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §12.1 Basic Structure and Function of the Nervous System. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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