mammillary bodies

A form of mammillary body — One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of mammillary body
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