Mammillary body
The mammillary bodies are a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain that, as part of the diencephalon, form part of the limbic system. They are located at the ends of the anterior arches of the fornix. They consist of two groups of nuclei, the medial mammillary nuclei and the lateral mammillary nuclei.
| Mammillary body | |
|---|---|
Sagittal section, "corpus mamillare" highlighted. | |
Coronal section of brain through intermediate mass of third ventricle. (Label "corpora mamillaria" at bottom.) | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Diencephalon |
| System | Limbic |
| Parts | medial mammillary nucleus lateral mammillary nucleus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Corpus mamillare (Plural: Corpora mamillaria) |
| Acronym(s) | mmb |
| MeSH | D008326 |
| NeuroNames | 412 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_865 |
| TA98 | A14.1.08.402 |
| TA2 | 5674 |
| FMA | 74877 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
Neuroanatomists have often categorized the mammillary bodies as part of the posterior part of hypothalamus.
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