LIMBIC SYSTEM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does limbic system mean? 

• LIMBIC SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun LIMBIC SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior

  Familiarity information: LIMBIC SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMBIC SYSTEM (noun)

Meaning:

A system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

limbic brain; limbic system; visceral brain

Hypernyms ("limbic system" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "limbic system"):

fornix; trigonum cerebrale (an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies)

amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum (an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior)

hippocampus (a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories)

cingulate gyrus; gyrus cinguli (a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; the cortical part of the limbic system)