Anatomy
substantia innominata
Subclass of:
Limbic System; Basal Ganglia
Definitions related to substantia innominata:
  • Nerve tissue in the base of the forebrain inferior to the anterior perforated substance and anterior to the globus pallidus and ansa lenticularis.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Subdivision of telencephalon which is an area of gray matter containing cell islands (basal nucleus) within the telencephalon which lies ventral to the head of the caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus and anterior perforated substance. It is bounded caudally by the hypothalamus.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Tissue in the BASAL FOREBRAIN inferior to the anterior perforated substance, and anterior to the GLOBUS PALLIDUS and ansa lenticularis. It contains the BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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