| mamillary tubercle | A small apophysis or tubercle on the dorsal margin of the superior articular process of each of the lumbar vertebrae and usually of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Synonym: processus mamillaris, mamillary tubercle, metapophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus | A small, round, paired cell group that protrudes into the interpeduncular fossa from the inferior aspect of the hypothalamus. It receives hippocampal fibres through the fornix and projects fibres to the anterior thalamic nuclei and into the brainstem tegmentum. Synonym: corpus mamillare, mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillate | Mamillated Studded with nipple-like projections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillation | 1. A nipple-like projection. 2. The condition of being mamillated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamilliform | Nipple-shaped. Origin: L. Mamilla, nipple, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillotegmental fasciculus | A small bundle of fibres that passes dorsalward from the mamillary body for a short distance with the mamillothalamic tract, then turns down the brainstem to reach the dorsal and ventral tegmental nuclei of the mesencephalon. Synonym: fasciculus mamillotegmentalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillothalamic fasciculus | A compact, thick bundle of nerve fibres that passes dorsalward from the mamillary body on either side to terminate in the anterior nucleus of the thalamus. Synonym: fasciculus mamillothalamicus, fasciculus thalamomamillaris, mamillothalamic tract, Vicq d'Azyr's bundle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillothalamic tract | A compact, thick bundle of nerve fibres that passes dorsalward from the mamillary body on either side to terminate in the anterior nucleus of the thalamus. Synonym: fasciculus mamillothalamicus, fasciculus thalamomamillaris, mamillothalamic tract, Vicq d'Azyr's bundle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamma | <anatomy> A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag. Origin: L. Mamma breast. (20 Mar 1998) |
| mamma accessoria | A milk-secreting gland located elsewhere than at the normal place on the chest and existing in addition to the two usual mammae. Synonym: mamma accessoria, accessory breast, supernumerary mamma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamma erratica | A supernumerary breast aberrantly located, i.e., in some part other than the milk line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamma masculina | One of the two, usually rudimentary, mammary glands in the male. Synonym: mamma masculina, mamma virilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamma virilis | One of the two, usually rudimentary, mammary glands in the male. Synonym: mamma masculina, mamma virilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammal | <zoology> One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. Origin: L. Mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. Mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. Mammal. (20 Mar 1998) |
| mammalgia | Synonym: mastodynia. Origin: L. Mamma, breast, + G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |