mammillary body

Significado (Inglés)

One 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.

Sinónimos

mamillary body

corpus mamillare

cingulate gyrus

nucleus accumbens

corpora mammillaria

corpora mammillare

hippocampus

fornicate gyrus

hypothalamus

Traducciones

sistema limbico

Etimología (Inglés)

From mammillary (“resembling a breast or nipple”) + body.