Caudate nucleus: [TA] an elongated curved mass of gray matter, consisting of an anterior thick portion, the caput [TA] or head [TA], which protrudes into the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle, a portion extending along the floor of the body of the lateral ventricle, known as the corpus [TA] or body [TA], and an elongated curved thin portion, the cauda [TA] or tail [TA], which curves downward, backward, and forward in the temporal lobe in the posterolateral wall of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle. SYN: nucleus caudatus [TA], caudatum.
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Caudate nucleus: a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain.
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Caudate nucleus: elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.
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Caudate nucleus: Elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.
Source: MeSH 2007
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