corpora mammillaria

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The white substance is mainly formed by the fibers of the columns of the fornix, which descend to the base of the brain and end partly in the corpora mammillaria.

IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon 1918
The fornix has now come to look slightly downwards; dotted lines indicate the downward extension of its anterior part, into the corpora mammillaria.

The Common Frog 1874