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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 



of the corpus striatum it has the shape of a wide open V. The angle, situated 

 in the interval between the caudate nucleus and the thalamus, is known as the 



Truncus corporis callosi. 

 Septum pellucid 

 Corpus fornii 



Genu corporis callosi 



entriculi lateralis 

 :lei caudati 

 nna fornicis 



^apsula interna 



.Insula 



,Capsula externa 

 Claustrum 



Putamen 



.Globus 

 pallidus 



Nucleus 

 lent!- 



Glomus chorio- 

 ideum 



Radiatio occi- 

 pitothalamica 

 (Gratioleti) 



Splenium corporis ca 



Massa inter- 

 media 

 Ventriculus 



tertius 

 L.Stria medullaris 



thalarni 

 - Nucleus 

 habenulae 



Habenula 



-Cauda nuclei 

 - caudati 

 Fimbria hippo- 

 campi 



^Corpus pineale 

 ^Hippocampus 



Eminentia 

 collaterals 



Calcar avis 



Cornu posterius 

 'entriculi lateralis 



Fissura calcarina 



Fig. 191. Horizontal sections of the human brain through the internal capsule and corpus 

 striatum. The section on the right side was made 1.5 cm. farther ventralward than that on the 

 left. (Toldt.) 



genu. From this bend the frontal part or anterior limb of the internal capsule 

 extends laterally and rostrally between the thalamus and the head of the caudate 

 nucleus; while the occipital part or posterior limb of the internal capsule extends 



