Hippocampus Coronal Section
Posterior and inferior cornua of left lateral ventricle exposed from the side.
Hippocampus coronal section. It has a head posterior to the amygdala a body and a tail which follows the upwardly curving lateral ventricle. T p naidich d l daniels v m haughton a williams k pojunas e palacios. Uncus lies immediately lateral to the suprasellar cistern.
Cut in cross section the hippocampus is a c shaped structure that resembles a ram s horns. Coronal section of the brain of a macaque monkey showing hippocampus circled the hippocampus can be seen as a ridge of gray matter tissue elevating from the floor of each lateral ventricle in the region of the inferior or temporal horn. The horned appearance of the hippocampus is caused by cell density differentials and the existence of varying degrees of neuronal fibers.
Surface features and coronal sections. T p naidich d l daniels v m haughton a williams k pojunas e palacios. Inferior and posterior cornua viewed from above.
On coronal images it is a white matter tract immediately above the amygdala that is seen in the first coronal section going from anterior to posterior where the temporal lobe become joined to the rest of the brain. Coronal section of brain immediately in front of pons. The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain located in the medial temporal lobe.
The name cornu ammonis refers to the egyptian deity amun who has the head of a ram.