COMMISSURE

n. Kom'i!is-uar. Gr., , the middle commi ure; c, the posterior commi ure. (Seen in horizontal section.; [L, 14.] Anterior cerebral c. Lat., commis sur a anterior. Fr., commi ure anterieure. Ger., vordere Commis sur. It., comme ura anteriore del cervello. Sp., comisura anterior del cerebro. A bundle of white nerve-fibres at the anterior extremity of the third ventricle in front of the anterior pillars of the fornix. It connects the opposite corpora striata, pa ing through these bodies at a level below the lenticular nuclei, and then curves backward through the medullary substance of the hemisphere to the temporo-sphenoidal lobe. It may be traced into the nucleus amygdalse. [I* J5-] Anterior c. of the vulva. Lat., commis sur a labiorum anterior. Fr., commi ure anterieure de la wive. Ger., vordere Commis sur der Schamlippen. It., comme ura anteriore dell a vulva. Sp., comisura labial anterior. The point of union of the labia major a below the mons Veneris. [L. 142, 332.] Anterior gray c. Lat., commis sur a grise a anterior. Fr., commi ure grise anterieure. Ger.. vordere graue Commis sur. It., comme ura griftia anteriore. Sp., comisura gris anterior. Those nerve-fibres jn the gray columns of the cord which cro to the opposite side in front of the central canal. They decu ate in two directions, some E, he; E", ell; G, go; I. die: Is. in; N, in: N, tank; [s. 362]