Talk:Fundus (brain)

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This article should probably not exist

In my educated but non-expert opinion as a medical student, this article has no reason to exist. While it is true that the term fundus is used to specify the deepest part of the invagination of a sulcus, the term itself is devoid of any significant meaning outside a given context and does not characterize a particular anatomical entity that would merit an entry as a Wikipedia page.

I was not able to find any reliable source giving a precise definition of the term, even though examples of its usage are abundant in the literature. This can be explained by the fact that the word fundus is Latin for "bottom of a cavity" and is used extensively in anatomy to the point of being immediately understood as descriptive.

The existence of this article on a platform such as Wikipedia creates the potential risk of sedimenting among readers the idea of "fundus (brain)" as a well-defined anatomical entity despite it not reflecting the actual usage in the scientific literature.

However, given that I am not an expert in the field, I will abstain from making the unilateral decision of deleting the page and limit myself to simply initiating a discussion on whether or not that should be done. B. T. Fortuna (talk) 20:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]