mammillothalamic tract

mammillothalamic tract
mam·mil·lo·tha·lam·ic tract or ma·mil·lo·tha·lam·ic tract mə-.mil-ō-thə-'lam-ik- n a bundle of nerve fibers that runs from the mammillary body to the anterior nucleus of the thalamus called also mammillothalamic fasciculus

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fasciculus mammillothalamicus.

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