corpus striatum
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Origin of corpus striatum
1850–55; < New Latin: striated body
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The anterior cornu has the anterior end of the corpus striatum projecting into it.
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)
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
Following the line of the ascending fibres, after passing through the pons they continue expanding and plunge into the thalamus and corpus striatum.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
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
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