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

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 thalamus and corpus striatum are called together, the great inferior ganglion of the brain.

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

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