Caudate nucleus

Caudate nucleus

1) Elongated grey mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.

2) One of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that comprises a mass of grey matter in the corpus striatum, forms part of the floor of the lateral ventricle, and is separated from the lentiform nucleus by the internal capsule -- called also caudate.

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