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caudate nucleus

Structure: - the head of the caudate is continuous with anterior putamen. - it swings above the putamen & curls posterior over the putamen & thalamus, caudally posterior to the thalamus, then curls anteriorly below the thalamus & putamen to merge with the amygdala Arterial supply: 1) small penetrating lenticulostriate arteries 2) recurrent arteries of Huebner Afferents: (see striatum) Efferents: (see striatum) Pathology: (see caudate infarction/lesion)

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caudate infarction/lesion

Specific

head of caudate nucleus (anterior extremity) tail of caudate nucleus

General

CNS nucleus

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
  2. The Human Nervous System, an atomical viewpoint, Barr ML, 2nd ed, Harper & Row, Hargerstown, MD, 1974, pg 197-98

Component-of

corpus striatum (striate body) striatum

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