Term Name: mammillary axonal complex
Synonyms:
Definition: The mammillary axonal complex is formed by the axons from the lateral, medial mammillary and the dorsal premammillary nuclei which share a branching pattern. Every neuron gives off one axonal stem that bifurcates into 2 branches. One of the branches is directed dorsally to the thalamus and another caudally to the midbrain[GO].
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0006695]

Relationships
is part of: mammillary body
has parts: mammillotectal axonal tract mammillotegmental axonal tract mammillothalamic axonal tract mammillothalamic tract of hypothalamus
is a type of: central nervous system cell part cluster