Definitions for "Fornix"
An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.
an arch or fold; a tract in the brain made up of association fibers, connecting the hippocampus with the mamillary bodies; a recess around the cervix of the uterus where it protrudes into the vagina
L. = a cellar, a vault, the arch of a vault, a prostitute's cellar or brothel (hence fornication); conjuctival fornix = recess where palpebral conjunctiva joins to bulbar conjunctiva; vaginal fornices = vaults surrounding intravaginal part of cervix; fornix of the brain = arched bundle of fibres.
Keywords:  conjunctival, sac, corner, socket
The corner of the conjunctival sac or socket
Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.