TRIGONUM CEREBRALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trigonum cerebrale mean? 

• TRIGONUM CEREBRALE (noun)
  The noun TRIGONUM CEREBRALE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TRIGONUM CEREBRALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIGONUM CEREBRALE (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

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fornix; trigonum cerebrale

Hypernyms ("trigonum cerebrale" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "trigonum cerebrale"):

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

Holonyms ("trigonum cerebrale" 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)