Neuroscience 2020
Hippocampus Dr. Doaa Shuaib
& fornix
Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Embryology
Faculty of Medicine – Cairo University
Email:
[email protected] Hippocampus
Hippocampus
Fornix
Corpus
callosum
Dr. Doaa Shuaib
Dr. Doaa Shuaib
Parahippocampal
Hippocampus gyrus
Source: Atlas of Anatomy, Anne M.Gilroy, Brian R. Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-
MacPherson, Lawrence M. Ross (2nd edition) Frank H. Netter, M.D
It is a curved mass of grey matter 5 cm long beneath the medial part
Definition of the temporal lobe deep to the parahippocampal gyrus
Hippocampus
Site
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In the floor of the inferior horn
of the lateral ventricle
Hippocampus
Inferior horn of
lateral ventricle
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-Frank H. Netter, M.D
Corpus
Hippocampus
callosum
Hippocampus
Dr. Doaa Shuaib
Anterior end
• The anterior end is enlarged
and its surface is ridged
and called pes hippocampi
(paw-like appearance)
• Pes means foot
Pes hippocampi
Hippocampus Pes
hippocampi
Fimbria Alveus
Inferior horn
of lateral
Fimbria
ventricle
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Dr. Doaa Shuaib Inferior M L
horn of
lateral
ventricle
Parahippocampal Hippocampus
gyrus
Right hippocampus Right hippocampus
Superior view Coronal section
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition- Source: Sobotta Atlas od Anatomy
Frank H. Netter, M.D
• The axons of the cells of the hippocampus spread to form a sheet,
which coves the upper surface of the hippocampus & called the
Fimbria alveus
• The fibers of the alveus collect medially to form the fimbria of the
hippocampus
Hippocampus
Fimbria
Central part
of lateral
ventricle Alveus
Dr. Doaa Shuaib Inferior horn
of lateral
ventricle
Parahippocampal
gyrus Hippocampus
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-Frank H. Netter, M.D
• The axons of the cells of the hippocampus spread to form a sheet,
which coves the upper surface of the hippocampus & called the
Fimbria alveus
• The fibers of the alveus collect medially to form the fimbria of the
hippocampus
Crus of
fornix
Splenium
Hippocampus
Fimbria
• The fimbria of the fornix
runs backwards on the Dr. Doaa Shuaib
medial edge of the
hippocampus
• It ends under surface of the
splenium of corpus
callosum by becoming the
crus of the fornix Fimbria
Hippocampus
Source: Kenhub Anatomy
Fornix
Fornix
Corpus
callosum
Fornix
Definition
• An arched structure formed
by the axons of the cells of Dr. Doaa Shuaib
the hippocampus.
• These axons end in the
mammillary body of the
hypothalamus Mammillary
body
Fimbria
Hippocampus
Source: Kenhub Anatomy
Columns Body of
of fornix fornix
Crura of fornix
Fornix Dr. Doaa Shuaib
Parts
The fornix is a bilateral
structure, it consists of:
• Two crura
• One body (fused)
• Two columns
Mammillary
bodies Fimbria
Hippocampus
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-Frank H. Netter, M.D
Columns Body of
Fornix of fornix fornix
Body of
fornix
Splenium
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Dr. Doaa Shuaib
Fimbria
Column of Fimbria Crus of
Crura of fornix fornix
fornix
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-Frank H. Netter, M.D
Crura Just below the splenium:
of the • The fimbria of the fornix end by becoming the crus of the fornix
• The two crura are connected by hippocampal commissure
fornix
Columns Body of
Fornix of fornix Interventricular
fornix
foramen
Septum Body of
pellucidum fornix
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Dr. Doaa Shuaib
Crus of
Column of fornix
fornix
Crura of fornix
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-Frank H. Netter, M.D
Below the body of corpus callosum:
Body The two crura fuse together to form the body of fornix, which is a single
of the structure
The body is attached above to the body of corpus callosum & lower
fornix border of septum pellucidum
Fornix Interventricular
foramen
Body of Hippocampal Body of
Columns fornix commissure Column of
fornix
of fornix fornix
Crura of fornix
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Mammillary
Crus of
bodies Mammillary
Fimbria fornix
body
Hippocampus
Source: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition-Frank H. Netter, M.D
Columns Just above the interventricular foramen:
• The body of the fornix divides into two columns
of the • They turn downward & backwards to end in the two mammillary
fornix bodies of the hypothalamus
Body of
fornix
Corpus
callosum
Crus of
fornix
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Column of
fornix
Mammillary
bodies Fimbria
Hippocampus
Source: Atlas of Anatomy, Anne M.Gilroy, Brian R. MacPherson, Lawrence M. Ross (2nd edition)
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