See Also: mamillary tubercle(medicine)
mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus(medicine)
CPPD(medicine)
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mamillary(medicine)
mamillary bodies(medicine)
mamillary process(medicine)
mamillary body(medicine)
mamillary ducts(medicine)
mamillary line(medicine)

mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus (medicine) and CPPD (medicine)


mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus (medicine)


mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus -->
mamillary body


A small, round, paired cell group that protrudes into the interpeduncular fossa from the inferior aspect of the hypothalamus. It receives hippocampal fibres through the fornix and projects fibres to the anterior thalamic nuclei and into the brainstem tegmentum.

Synonym: corpus mamillare, mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus.


CPPD (medicine)


CPPD
<abbreviation> Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.