A large nucleus of the midbrain that contains (esp. in adult humans) a layer of dark melanin-laden cells, and is a part of the extrapyramidal…

Anatomy. In full fasciola cinerea. Originally: †an area of grey matter associated with the termination of the cochlear nerve (probably the dorsal…

A thin layer of grey matter in each cerebral hemisphere between the external capsule and the insula.

Anatomy. The lateral and basal portion of the lentiform nucleus, which is larger and darker in colour than the medial portion (the globus pallidus).

(a) The corpus striatum, a body of grey matter within each cerebral hemisphere comprising the lentiform nucleus (i.e. the globus pallidus and the…

Anatomy. Also induseum. The thin layer of grey matter covering the upper surface of the corpus callosum. In full indusium (or induseum) griseum.