mammillary body
Meaning
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.
Synonyms
corpus mamillare
corpora mammillaria
corpora mammillare
Translations
sistema limbicoEtymology
From mammillary (“resembling a breast or nipple”) + body.
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