NOUN
- a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
How To Use corpus striatum In A Sentence
- The term corpus striatum refers to the caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus.
- As the fibres of the medulla pass up through the pons to the great inferior ganglion, and the fibres of the corpus striatum pass outward and upward to form the cerebrum, this procession of the fibres is shown in the annexed engraving, in which we see the restiform bodies passing up to form the cerebellum, and the remainder of the medulla fibres passing through the pons, and then, under the name crus cerebri or thigh of the cerebrum, passing through the thalamus and striatum to expand in the left hemisphere of the cerebrum. Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4
- The lateral part of the anterior commissure traverses the inferior part of the corpus striatum.
- During the fourth and fifth months the corpus striatum becomes incompletely subdivided by the fibers of the internal capsule into two masses, an inner, the caudate nucleus, and an outer, the lentiform nucleus. IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System
- A part of the corpus striatum is imbedded in the white substance of the hemisphere, and is therefore external to the ventricle; it is termed the extraventricular portion, or the lentiform nucleus; the remainder, however, projects into the ventricle, and is named the intraventricular portion, or the caudate nucleus (Fig. 737). IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
- The axons from the gyrus cinguli pass into the cingulum, many of them bifurcate, the anterior branches together with the axons which run in that direction are traceable as far forward as the anterior part of the septum pellucidum and the anterior end of the corpus striatum, where some of them are incorporated with projection fibers passing toward the internal capsule. IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
- Atrophy is most marked in the corpus striatum of the basal ganglia, including the caudate and putamen.
- The term corpus striatum refers to the caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus.
- These are important striate branches of the middle cerebral artery, destined for the corpus striatum, internal capsule and associated structures.