habenula
habenula is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.
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(hă-ben′yŭ-lă)

(hă-ben′yŭ-lē″)
(hă-ben′yŭ-lī″)
pl. habenulae [L. habenula, little rein, strap]
1. A frenum or any reinlike or whiplike structure.
2. A peduncle or stalk attached to the pineal body of the brain. Fibers that travel posteriorly along the dorsomedial border of the thalamus to the habenular ganglia (epithalamus) resemble reins.
3. A narrow bandlike stricture.
habenular (hă-ben′yŭ-lăr)

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(hă-ben′yŭ-lă)

(hă-ben′yŭ-lē″)
(hă-ben′yŭ-lī″)
pl. habenulae [L. habenula, little rein, strap]
1. A frenum or any reinlike or whiplike structure.
2. A peduncle or stalk attached to the pineal body of the brain. Fibers that travel posteriorly along the dorsomedial border of the thalamus to the habenular ganglia (epithalamus) resemble reins.
3. A narrow bandlike stricture.
habenular (hă-ben′yŭ-lăr)

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Venes, Donald, editor. "Habenula." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732757/all/habenulae.
Habenula. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732757/all/habenulae. Accessed April 1, 2023.
Habenula. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732757/all/habenulae
Habenula [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 April 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732757/all/habenulae.
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