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NUCLEUS LENTIFORMIS [3 records]

Record 1 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The lentiform nucleus(nucleus lentiformis; lenticular nucleus; lenticula)... is bounded laterally by a lamina of white substance called the external capsule, and lateral to this is a thin layer of gray substance termed the claustrum.

OBS

Plural: claustra.

Key term(s)
  • claustra

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Le claustrum (avant-mur) forme une structure très fine, ondulée, à la limite de la visibilité en séquence pondérée en T1, et disposé entre les capsules externes et extrêmes à la face profonde de l'insula. Elle doit être considérée comme une extension profonde de la substance grise de l'insula.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Specific interconnected gray masses deep in the cerebral hemispheres and in the upper brainstem.

OBS

Although various subcortical nuclei have been considered to be part of the basal nuclei, in the official anatomical nomenlature, the term includes the corpus striatum(the nucleus caudatus and the nucleus lentiformis being considered together), claustrum, corpus amygdaloideum, capsula externa, capsula extreme, and capsula interna.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Anatomiquement, les ganglions de la base comprennent les noyaux gris centraux, le striatum, le pallidum interne et externe, mais aussi la substance noire, le noyau subthalamique et le thalamus moteur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

The lentiform nucleus(nucleus lentiformis; lenticular nucleus; lenticula) is lateral to the caudate nucleus and thalamus, and is seen only in sections of the hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Le noyau caudé et le noyau lenticulaire font tous deux partie du corps strié constitué de fibres nerveuses grises et blanches, situé latéralement par rapport au trigone cérébral. Le noyau lenticulaire, ou nucleus lentiformis, représente la partie extra-ventriculaire, puisqu'il est inclus dans la matière blanche de l'hémisphère cérébral.

Spanish

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