Posterior horn

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The term posterior horn (also dorsal horn, posterior cornu, dorsal cornu) may refer to:

  • Posterior horn of lateral ventricle
    in the brain, which passes forward, laterally and slightly downward, from the corpus callosum into the occipital lobe
  • Posterior horn of spinal cord
    , the dorsal (towards the back) grey matter section of the spinal cord that receives several types of sensory information from the body including light touch, proprioception, and vibration
  • Posterior horn of the thyroid (or, Zuckerkandl's tubercle), a pyramidal extension of the thyroid gland

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