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30 paź 2023 · The head of the hippocampus containts several grooves that resemble a paw, and is thus referred to as the pes hippocampus (L. pes, “foot”). The ventricular surface of the hippocampus is called the alveus .
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The hippocampus is anatomically connected to parts of the brain that are involved with emotional behavior – the septum, the hypothalamic mammillary body, and the anterior nuclear complex in the thalamus, and is generally accepted to be part of the limbic system.
8 lip 2024 · The hippocampus is best imaged in the coronal plane, angled perpendicular to the long axis of the hippocampal body. The three parts of the hippocampus (head, body and tail) can be identified based on morphology and by using local landmarks 3. amygdala -hippocampal head junction. landmarks.
Hippocampus anatomy describes the physical aspects and properties of the hippocampus, a neural structure in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. It has a distinctive, curved shape that has been likened to the sea-horse monster of Greek mythology and the ram's horns of Amun in Egyptian mythology.
19 wrz 2023 · There are two hippocampi in each hemisphere of the brain, located within the temporal lobe, just above each ear. The hippocampus is one of the most studied areas of the brain and is also one of the few places where neurogenesis occurs, the process by which new neurons are produced.
20 lip 2023 · The head of the hippocampus is part of the posterior half of the triangular uncus and is separated inferiorly from the parahippocampal gyrus by the uncal sulcus. The alveus, which is the surface of the hippocampus, is covered by the ependymal inside the ventricular cavity.
25 paź 2024 · hippocampus, region of the brain that is associated primarily with memory. The name hippocampus is derived from the Greek hippokampus (hippos, meaning “horse,” and kampos, meaning “sea monster”), since the structure’s shape resembles that of a sea horse.
