| Brain: Genu of the corpus callosum | ||
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| The fornix and corpus callosum from below. (Genu labeled at center top.) | ||
| Latin | genu corporis callosi | |
| Gray's | subject #189 828 | |
| Artery | anterior cerebral artery | |
| NeuroNames | hier-176 | |
The anterior end of the corpus callosum is named the genu, and is bent downward and backward in front of the septum pellucidum; diminishing rapidly in thickness, it is prolonged backward under the name of the rostrum, which is connected below with the lamina terminalis.
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 Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. |
 Median sagittal section of brain. |
 Horizontal section of right cerebral hemisphere. |
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