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mammillary body

Term ID
UBERON:0002206
Synonyms
  • corpora mamillaria
  • corpora mammillaria
  • corpus mamillare
  • corpus mamillaris
  • corpus mammillare
  • mammillary area
  • MMB
Definition
One of two hemispherical bulges on the base of the posterior hypothalamus (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg 455).
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