Lenticular fasciculus

Lenticular fasciculus

Infobox Brain
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = fasciculus lenticularis
GraySubject =
GrayPage =


Caption =


Caption2 =
IsPartOf =
Components =
Artery =
Vein =
BrainInfoType = hier
BrainInfoNumber = 424
MeshName =
MeshNumber =
DorlandsPre = f_03
DorlandsSuf = 12355994
The lenticular fasciculus is a component of the subthalamus. It is sometimes considered synonymous with "field H2 of Forel".

It connects the globus pallidus to the thalamus.

External links

* http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3b/neuroendo3b_2.htm (see figure #12)
* http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/mdbg/


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • fasciculus lenticularis — [TA] lenticular fasciculus: a bundle of pallidofugal nerve fibers arising from the dorsal surface of the globus pallidus; they pass through the internal capsule, traverse field H2 of Forel, join and mingle with the fibers of the ansa lenticularis …   Medical dictionary

  • Cuneate fasciculus — Fasciculus cuneatus Cuneate fasciculus is labeled in blue at upper right …   Wikipedia

  • thalamic fasciculus — fasciculus thalamicus [TA] a conjoined bundle of fibers beginning in field H of Forel, where the ansa lenticularis and lenticular fasciculus join and pass dorsal to the zona incerta to reach some of the ventral nuclei of the thalamus; it contains …   Medical dictionary

  • fasciculus — 1. SYN: fascicle. 2. SYN: cord. 3. SYN: bundle. [L. dim. of fascis, bundle] f. anterior musculi palatopharyngei [TA] SYN: anterior fascicle of palatopharyngeus (muscle). anterior f. proprius [TA] SYN: fasciculi proprii …   Medical dictionary

  • Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus — Brain: Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus Latin fasciculus longitudinalis posterior; fasciculus longitudinalis dorsalis NeuroLex ID birnlex 986 The dorsal longitudinal fasciculus (DLF) (not to be confused with the medial longitudinal fasciculus, nor… …   Wikipedia

  • Mammillothalamic fasciculus — Mammillothalamic tract Latin fasciculus mammillothalamicus Gray s subject #191 869 The mammillothalamic fasciculus (mammillothalamic tract, thalamomammillary fasciculus, bundle of Vicq d’Azyr) arises from cells in both the medial and lateral… …   Wikipedia

  • Nucleus — 1) In cell biology, the structure that houses the chromosomes. 2) In neuroanatomy, a group of nerve cells. * * * 1. In cytology, typically a rounded or oval mass of protoplasm within the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell; it is surrounded by a… …   Medical dictionary

  • Striatum — Brain: Striatum purple=caudate and putamen, orange=thalamus …   Wikipedia

  • Subthalamic nucleus — Brain: Subthalamic nucleus Coronal slices of human brain showing the basal ganglia, subthalamic nucleus (STN) and substantia nigra (SN) …   Wikipedia

  • Dentatothalamic tract — Brain: Dentatothalamic tract Latin tractus dentatothalamicus NeuroNames hier 525 NeuroLex ID birnlex 1104 The dentatothalamic tract (or de …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”