mammillary eminences

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• mammillary body — n either of two small rounded eminences on the underside of the brain behind the tuber cinereum forming the terminals of the anterior pillars of the fornix called also corpus albicans …   Medical dictionary

• mammillary body — noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix • Syn: ↑mamillary body, ↑corpus mamillare • Hypernyms: ↑neural structure • Part Holonyms: ↑diencephalon, ↑int …   Useful english dictionary

• Thomas Willis — (27 January 1621 ndash; 11 November 1675) was an English doctor who played an important part in the history of the science of anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He was a co founder of the Royal Society (1662).Born in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire,… …   Wikipedia

• Tubercle — A small tuber, a small lump or bump. * * * 1. A nodule, especially in an anatomic, not pathologic, sense. 2. A circumscribed, rounded, solid elevation on the skin, mucous membrane, or surface of an organ. 3. A slight …   Medical dictionary

• Coccyx — This article is about the tailbone in humans. For the tailbone in animals, see Rump (croup). The tortrix moth genus Coccyx is nowadays considered a junior synonym of Cydia. Bone: Coccyx A coccyx with four vertebrae below the sacrum …   Wikipedia

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