corpus striatum

American  

[kawr-puhs strahy-ey-tuhm] / ˈkɔr pəs straɪˈeɪ təm /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

corpora striata

1. a mass of gray matter beneath the cortex and in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere.

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corpus striatum British  

/ straɪˈeɪtəm /

noun

1. a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere

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Etymology

Origin of corpus striatum

1850–55; < New Latin: striated body

Example Sentences

Strīā′tion; Strīā′tum, the corpus striatum, the great ganglion of the fore-brain; Strī′ature, mode of striation.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Quite different would it be should one of the small arteries of the brain, the lenticulo-striate, for example, which supplies the corpus striatum, become the seat of a thrombosis or embolism caused by arteriosclerosis.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

External to the putamen is a long narrow strip of grey matter called the claustrum, which is sometimes regarded as a third nucleus of the corpus striatum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The optic thalamus is a large, somewhat ovoid body situated behind the corpus striatum, and above the crus cerebri.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The optic thalamus is indicated in the engraving, but the corpus striatum, being more exterior and anterior, does not appear.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)