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What does the word Habenula mean?

A small protuberance at the dorsal, posterior corner of the wall of the third ventricle, adjacent to the dorsal thalamus and pineal body. It contains the habenular nuclei and is a major part of the epithalamus. ( From Lockard, Desk Reference for Neuroscience, 2nd ed, p121)
[ Latin] A name applied to different structures supporting the organ of Corti; to the pouch of peritoneum which descends with the testicle and is afterward obliterated; and to the habena.

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