habenula

[ huh-ben-yuh-luh ]
/ həˈbɛn yə lə /

noun, plural ha·ben·u·lae [huh-ben-yuh-lee] /həˈbɛn yəˌli/. Anatomy.

a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.

Origin of habenula

1875–80; < Latin: small strip of skin, equivalent to habēn(a) strap, thong, rein (derivative of habēre to have, hold, possess; cf. able, habit1) + -ula -ule

OTHER WORDS FROM habenula

ha·ben·u·lar, adjective

Words nearby habenula

habanera, habanero, habdalah, habeas corpus, habena, habenula, haber, haber process, haberdasher, haberdashery, habergeon

Medical definitions for habenula

habenula
[ hă-bĕn′yə-lə ]

n. pl. ha•ben•u•lae (-lē′)

A frenulum.
The stalk of the pineal gland. No longer in technical use.
A circumscript cell mass embedded in the posterior end of the medullary stria of the thalamus, from which it receives most of its afferent fibers. habena pedunculus of pineal body

Other words from habenula

ha•ben′u•lar adj.