SINCE 1828
mammillary body
noun
variants:
or mamillary body
Definition of mammillary body
anatomy
: either of two small, rounded bodies that project from the posterior hypothalamus, receive input from the hippocampus via the fornix and relay impulses to the anterior nuclei of the thalamus, and are thought to play a role in memory
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