Anatomy
external capsule
ex·ter·nal cap·sule [ ik-stur-nl kap-suhl, -sool, -syool ]
Subclass of:
Telencephalon
Definitions related to external capsule:
  • A thin lamina of white matter comprising long association fibers located between the claustrum and putamen in the brain, and which connects the midportion of the superotemporal region with the midportion of the ventral and lateral aspects of the prefrontal cortex.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • External capsule is an organ subdivision of the telencephalon which is made up primarily of myelinated axonal neural tissue (white matter). The external capsule is a sheet-like fiber bundle located lateral to the to the putamen and globus pallidus which projects dorsally to the white matter underlying the cerebral cortex.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Thin layer of WHITE MATTER mostly of GABAERGIC NEURONS located between the PUTAMEN and the CLAUSTRUM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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