septum pellucidum

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Introduction

A thin plate of brain tissue situated between the column & body of the fornix below & the corpus callosum above & anteriorly.

It is generally fused with the contralateral septum pellucidum forming a median partition between the frontal horn of thelateral ventricles.

In 10% of individuals, fusion does not occur.

The septum pellucidum contains nerve cell bodies & numerous nerve fibers.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999