What is the meaning of Fornix?

An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:

1. The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
2. A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
3. The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.

The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.

A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.

The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.

arch, vault

1. the arch of heaven

the arch of heaven

cellar; crypt

1. brothel situated in a cellar
2. basis or foundation (of an idea)

brothel situated in a cellar

basis or foundation (of an idea)

furnace; oven

Source: wiktionary.org