Anatomy
septum pellucidum
Subclass of:
Cerebral Ventricles; Septum of Brain
Definitions related to septum pellucidum:
  • A bilateral laminae of fibers, sparse grey matter, and neuroglia in the brain that separates the lateral ventricles and stretches inferiorly between the column and body of the fornix, and both superiorly and anteriorly to the corpus callosum.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A triangular double membrane separating the anterior horns of the LATERAL VENTRICLES of the brain. It is situated in the median plane and bounded by the CORPUS CALLOSUM and the body and columns of the FORNIX (BRAIN).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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