Fornices

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fornix
       n 1: generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to
            the arched roof of an anatomical space)
       2: 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 [syn: {trigonum cerebrale}]
       [also: {fornices} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fornices
       See {fornix}