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Definition of Fornix

Fornix
Fornix For"nix, n.; pl. Fornices. [L., an arch.] (Anat.) (a) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. (b) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.

Meaning of Fornix from wikipedia

- The fornices of the **** (sg.: fornix of the **** or fornix ****e) are the superior portions of the ****, extending into the recesses created by...
- Fornix (pl.: fornices, Latin for "arch") can refer to: Fornix or throat scale, a bowed prolongation of the corolla in Boraginaceae (cf.) Fornix of the...
- The fornix (from Latin: fornix, lit. 'arch'; pl.: fornices) is a C-shaped bundle of nerve fibers in the brain that acts as the major output tract of the...
- The average thickness of the bulbar conjunctival membrane is 33 microns. Fornix conjunctiva Forms the junction between the bulbar and palpebral conjunctivas:...
- collaterals which synapse in the subiculum and are carried out through the fornix. Collectively the dentate gyrus, CA1 and CA3 of the hippocampus compose...
- ventricles of the brain. It runs as a sheet from the corpus callosum down to the fornix. The septum is not present in the syndrome septo-optic dysplasia. The septum...
- with the posterior wall of the **** and probably reaching the posterior fornix; while in the missionary position, it is in preferential contact with the...
- Geogamasus fornix is a species of mite in the family Ologamasidae. "Geogamasus fornix". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-24. v t e...
- the corpus callosum, posteriorly by the anterior limb and pillars of the fornix, inferiorly by the anterior commissure and the rostrum of the corpus callosum...
- recreate the fornix. Immediately postop, the surgeon should note an improved anatomical definition and deepening of the inferior fornix. Hughes WL. Conjunctivochalasis...