Tag: Caudate nucleus

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22. Caudate nucleus (Nucleus caudatus)

  1. Is a C – shaped structure that lies on the lateral side of the thalamus?
  2. Stria terminalis and thalamostriate vein lie between thalamus and caudate nucleus?
  3. Together with putamen it forms the ventral striatum?
  4. Its head forms the floor of the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle?
  5. Caudate nucleus nucleus has motor and behavioral functions?
  6. It is heavily innervated by serotoninergic neurons from substantia nigra?

  1. T
  2. T
  3. F
  4. T
  5. T
  6. F

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21. Anatomy of the basal ganglia (I)

  1. Dorsal striatum = Putamen + Caudate nucleus?
  2. Dorsal striatum = Putamen + Globus pallidus
  3. Lentiform nucleus = Putamen + Globus pallidus ?
  4. Ventral striatum = Nucleus accumbens + Olfactory tubercle
  5. Ventral striatum = Nucleus accumbens + Claustrum
  6. Ventral pallidum = GPi + GPe?

  1. T
  2. F
  3. T
  4. T
  5. F
  6. F