Alveus of hippocampus
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| Brain: Alveus of the hippocampus | ||
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| Inferior and after cornua, beheld from above. (Alveus not labeled, but "fimbria hippocampus" is articular at centermost right.) | ||
| Latin | alveus hippocampi | |
| NeuroNames | hier-168 | |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1510 | |
The alveus of the hippocampus borders the bank of the lateral ventricle and is composed of white, myelinated fibers. The alveus arises from corpuscle bodies in the subiculum and hippocampus, and eventually merges with the fimbria of the hippocampus. The fimbria goes on to become the fornix. These structures are allotment of the limbic system.
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 Coronal area of inferior horn of crabbed ventricle. |
References
- "Alveus of the hippocampus." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). ISBN 0-683-40007-X
- Haines, Duane E. Fundamental Neuroscience, 2nd ed. (2002). ISBN 0-443-06603-5
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