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Fornix is a general, descriptive term. However, alone it generally indicates the band of white matter beneath the corpus callosum.

(fôr'nĭks)

n., pl., -ni·ces (-nĭ-sēz').

An archlike anatomical structure or fold, such as the arched band of white matter located beneath the corpus callosum of the brain.

[Latin, arch, vault.]

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