Term Name: anterior commissure
Synonyms: AC, anterior cerebral commissure, anterior commissural nucleus, commissura anterior, commissura anterior cerebri, commissura rostral, commissura rostralis, paleocortical commissure, precommisure, rostral commissure
Definition: A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers passing transversely through the lamina terminalis and connecting symmetrical parts of the two cerebral hemispheres; it consists of a smaller anterior part (pars anterior commissurae anterioris) and a larger posterior part (pars posterior commissurae anterioris).
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0000935]

Relationships
has parts: anterior commissure anterior part commissura rostral, pars dorsalis commissura rostral, pars ventralis posterior part of anterior commissure
is a type of: intercerebral commissure ventral commissure
disjoint_from: posterior commissure