Structure, Functions, and Connections

The hippocampus bulges into the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle, and its general appearance does indeed resemble a sea horse. It is arched around the mesencephalon and divided into three segments: A body, or middle segment, which is sagittally oriented A head, or anterior segment, which is transversely oriented and which shows elevations, the digitationes hippocampi A tail, or posterior segment, which is also oriented transversely and which narrows, disappearing beneath the splenium