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Nervous System > Neural Pathways > Internal Capsule
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Internal Capsule

Preferred term

Internal Capsule  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Capsula Interna
  • Capsula Internas
  • Interna, Capsula
  • Internas, Capsula

Scope note

  • WHITE MATTER pathway, flanked by nuclear masses, consisting of both afferent and efferent fibers projecting between the WHITE MATTER and the BRAINSTEM. It consists of three distinct parts: an anterior limb, posterior limb, and genu.

History note

  • 2000

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020772

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