Subcortical nucleus of telecephalic origin consisting of an elongated gray mass lying lateral to and bordering the lateral ventricle. It is divided into a head, body and tail in some species. [ BIRNLEX:1373 ]
Synonyms: caudatus
Term information
- UMLS:C0007461 (ncithesaurus:Caudate_Nucleus)
- MA:0000894
- GAID:670
- DMBA:15855
- MESH:D002421
- neuronames:226 (BIRNLEX:1373)
- SCTID:279297002
- HBA:4278
- BAMS:Cd
- MAT:0000513
- DHBA:10334
- NCIT:C12451
- EFO:0000907
- BTO:0000211
- CALOHA:TS-0121
- EV:0100185
- BIRNLEX:1373
- FMA:61833
- BM:Tel-CA
- PBA:10082
- Wikipedia:Caudate_nucleus
- EMAPA:18207
- BAMS:CA
- EHDAA2:0004461
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Nucleus of brain which is an elongated crescent-shaped mass lying parallel and adjacent to the lateral ventricle throughout its extent[FMA:61833].
Term relations
- telencephalic nucleus
- contributes to morphology of some caudate-putamen
- part of some dorsal striatum
- part of some striatum
- part of some caudate-putamen
- part of some corpus striatum