Anatomy
corpus striatum Audio
cor·pus stri·a·tum
Subclass of:
Basal Ganglia
Definitions related to corpus striatum:
  • Striped gray and white matter consisting of the neostriatum and paleostriatum (globus pallidus); located in front of and lateral to the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; the gray substance is made up of the caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus (the latter consisting of the globus pallidus and putamen; the white matter is the internal capsule.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Striped GRAY MATTER and WHITE MATTER consisting of the NEOSTRIATUM and paleostriatum (GLOBUS PALLIDUS). It is located in front of and lateral to the THALAMUS in each cerebral hemisphere. The gray substance is made up of the CAUDATE NUCLEUS and the lentiform nucleus (the latter consisting of the GLOBUS PALLIDUS and PUTAMEN). The WHITE MATTER is the INTERNAL CAPSULE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The portion of the brain consisting of the neostriatum and globus pallidus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The striped grey and white matter that comprises the caudate and the lentiform nuclei, and is located anterior and lateral to the thalamus in each hemisphere of the brain.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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