MeningesandBrain
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BasalNuclei(Ganglia)
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Horizontal sections
through cerebrum
Genu of corpus callosum
Lateral ventricle
Septum pellucidum
Column of fornix
Insula
(island of Reil)
Interthalamic
adhesion
Thalamus
Crus of fornix
Choroid plexus
of lateral ventricle
Splenium of
corpus callosum
Head of caudate nucleus
Anterior limb
Genu
Posterior limb
Extreme capsule
Putamen
Globus pallidus
3rd ventricle
External capsule
Claustrum
Retrolenticular part
of internal capsule
Tail of caudate nucleus
Hippocampus and fimbria
Occipital (posterior) horn
of lateral ventricle
Habenula
Pineal body
Cleft for internal capsule
Organization of
basal nuclei (ganglia)
Caudate
nucleus
Putamen Globus
pallidus
Striatum
Lentiform
nucleus
Corpus
striatum
Basal nuclei
(ganglia)
Caudate
nucleus
Levels of
sections
above
Body
Head
Lentiform nucleus
(globus pallidus medial
to putamen)
Thalamus
Pulvinar
Medial geniculate body
Lateral geniculate body
Tail of caudate nucleus
Amygdaloid body
A
Interrelationship of thalamus, lentiform nucleus, caudate
nucleus, and amygdaloid body (schema): left lateral view
B
A
B
A
B
of internal
capsule
Lentiform
nucleus
A
B
