| putamen. Its floor presents the following parts: the hippocampus, the fimbria hippocampi, the collateral eminence, and the choroid plexus. When the choroid plexus is removed, a cleft-like opening is left along the medial wall of the inferior cornu; this cleft constitutes the lower part of the choroidal fissure. |
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FIG. 738– Coronal section through posterior cornua of lateral ventricle. (See enlarged image)
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FIG. 739– Posterior and inferior cornua of left lateral ventricle exposed from the side. (See enlarged image)
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| The hippocampus (hippocampus major) (Figs. 739, 740) is a curved eminence, about 5 cm. long, which extends throughout the entire length of the floor of the
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