Anatomy
mammillary body
mam·mil·lar·y bod·y
Subclass of:
Posterior Hypothalamic Region
Definitions related to mammillary body:
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(mamillary body) A small, paired, spherical protuberance lying between the cerebral peduncles on the posterior portion of the hypothalamus, which functionally belongs to the medial limbic circuit.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(mammillary bodies) A pair of nuclei and associated GRAY MATTER in the interpeduncular space rostral to the posterior perforated substance in the POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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