Cingulum (anatomy)

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Brain: Cingulum (anatomy)
Diagram showing principal systems of association fibers in the cerebrum.
Gray's	subject #189 843
NeuroNames	ancil-541
Dorlands/Elsevier	c_35/12240480

The cingulum is a collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.

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v • d • e White matter fibers Association fibers Uncinate fasciculus - Cingulum - Superior longitudinal fasciculus/Arcuate fasciculus - Inferior longitudinal fasciculus - Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus - Fornix (Columns of fornix, Crus of fornix) Commissural fibers Corpus callosum (Genu, Splenium, Tapetum, Rostrum) - Anterior commissure - Posterior commissure - Commissure of fornix Projection fibers (none named)

v • d • e Papez circuit Diencephalon Mammillary body → Mammillothalamic tract → Anterior thalamic nucleus → Telencephalon Anterior limb of internal capsule → Cingulate gyrus → Cingulum → Parahippocampal gyrus → Entorhinal cortex → Perforant path → Hippocampus/Hippocampal formation (Subiculum) → Fornix →