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posterior cerebral commissure (medicine)


posterior cerebral commissure -->
commissura posterior cerebri


A thin band of white matter, crossing from side to side beneath the habenula of the pineal body and over the aditus ad aqueductum cerebri; it is largely composed of fibres interconnecting the left and right pretectal region and related cell groups of the midbrain; dorsally, it marks the junction of the diencephalon and mesencephalon.

Synonym: posterior cerebral commissure.