corpus striatum
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1. a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | basal ganglion, |
| definition | : | any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | caudate, caudate nucleus, |
| definition | : | a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus, |
| definition | : | a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum (noun.body) |
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