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seen (1) the hippocampus major, (2) pes hippocampi, 

 (3) corpus fimbriatum, (4) choroid plexus, (5) dentate 

 fascia, and (6) the transverse fissure of the brain. The 

 hippocampus major is an elevation formed by the invo- 

 lution of the dentate fissure. It is rounded, curved, and 

 terminates in an enlarged nodular extremity called the 



FIG. 128. VERTICAL SECTION THROUGH THE ADULT BRAIN. 



pes hippocampi. It is covered by a layer of gray matter 

 more or less jagged along its inner free border, and 

 called the fascia dentata. 



The corpus fimbriatum is the edge of the posterior 

 pillar of the fornix. The transverse fissure, a stronglv- 

 curved fissure bounded above by the common origin of 





