Fornix (pl.: fornices, Latin for "arch") can refer to:
Fornix or throat scale, a bowed prolongation of the corolla in Boraginaceae (cf.)
Fornix of the brain
Fornix conjunctiva, a part of the conjunctiva
Fornix vaginae, also called the vaginal fornix
An early type of Roman triumphal arch
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The fornices of the vagina (sg.: fornix of the vagina or fornix vaginae) are the superior portions of the vagina, extending into the recesses created by...
Fornix (pl.: fornices, Latin for "arch") can refer to: Fornix or throat scale, a bowed prolongation of the corolla in Boraginaceae (cf.) Fornix of the...
The average thickness of the bulbar conjunctival membrane is 33 microns. Fornix conjunctiva Forms the junction between the bulbar and palpebral conjunctivas:...
ventricles of the brain. It runs as a sheet from the corpus callosum down to the fornix. The septum is not present in the syndrome septo-optic dysplasia. The septum...
with the posterior wall of the vagina and probably reaching the posterior fornix; while in the missionary position, it is in preferential contact with the...
fimbria, and extend through the crus of fornix, also known as the posterior pillars. The fimbria section of the fornix is directly connected to the alveus...
the corpus callosum, posteriorly by the anterior limb and pillars of the fornix, inferiorly by the anterior commissure and the rostrum of the corpus callosum...
before going to the hippocampus (CA fields) and dentate gyrus. Fimbria-fornix fibers are the hippocampal and subicular gateway to and from subcortical...
boundary is formed by the posterior fornix of the vagina. The pouch on the other side of the uterus near to the anterior fornix is the vesicouterine pouch. After...
anvil. This position aims the head of the penis at the vaginal fornix (posterior fornix). When the legs are held mid-level in this way, the penis can achieve...
is associated with a significant increase in the length of the vaginal fornix. The potential effect of parity may be the result of a stretching and elongation...
from the stimulation of either or both the G-spot and the A-spot (anterior fornix) in the vagina with the anal nerve endings and the PS-spot (perineal sponge)...
made in the time of the Roman Republic. These were called fornices (s. fornix) and bore imagery that described and commemorated the victory and triumph...
it is a female pelvic recess, but shallower and closer to the anterior fornix of the vagina. The vesicouterine pouch is a fold of peritoneum over the...
this disorder are the medial temporal lobe (MTL), basal forebrain, and fornix. Beyond the details described below, the precise process of how we remember –...
vertical membrane which runs as a sheet from the corpus callosum down to the fornix. During the third month of fetal development, a space forms between two...
procedure, the rectouterine pouch is often reached through the posterior fornix of the vagina. The process of creating the hole is called colpotomy if a...
commissures, including the anterior commissure, the posterior commissure and the fornix, also join the hemispheres and these are also present in other vertebrates...
ventricles via the globus pallidus, and the anterior extremities of the fornix (the mamillary bodies). The anterior horn of the lateral ventricle is also...
The Arch of Fabius (Latin: Fornix Fabianus) was an ancient Roman arch located at the eastern end of the Roman Forum. Built in 121 BCE by Quintus Fabius...
recreate the fornix. Immediately postop, the surgeon should note an improved anatomical definition and deepening of the inferior fornix. Hughes WL. Conjunctivochalasis...
fluid may enter on the surface of the eye. Tears secreted collect in the fornix conjunctiva of the upper lid, and pass over the eye surface to the lacrimal...
system Entorhinal cortex: related to memory and associative components Fornix: a white matter structure connecting the hippocampus with other brain structures...
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