Brain: Genu of the corpus callosum
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.

[edit] See also

• genu

[edit] Additional images

Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane.

Median sagittal section of brain.

Horizontal section of right cerebral hemisphere.

[edit] External links

• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-3

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v • d • e Human brain, cerebrum, Interior of the cerebral hemispheres, white matter: commissural fibers and septum (TA A14.1.09.241-271, 569-571, GA 9.828,838-840) Corpus callosum Genu · Splenium · Tapetum · Rostrum Archicortex: Indusium griseum Lamina terminalis Organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis · Anterior commissure Fornix Columns of fornix · Crus of fornix · Commissure of fornix Septum pellucidum Septal nuclei (Medial septal nucleus, Subfornical organ) · Cave of septum pellucidum

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