LENTIFORM NUCLEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lentiform nucleus mean? 

• LENTIFORM NUCLEUS (noun)
  The noun LENTIFORM NUCLEUS has 1 sense:

1. a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum

  Familiarity information: LENTIFORM NUCLEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LENTIFORM NUCLEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lenticular nucleus; lentiform nucleus

Hypernyms ("lentiform nucleus" is a kind of...):

basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)

Meronyms (parts of "lentiform nucleus"):

globus pallidus; paleostriatum; pallidum (the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus)

putamen (the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus)

Holonyms ("lentiform nucleus" is a part of...):

corpus striatum; striate body; striatum (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)

 Context examples 

It forms the smaller, more medial part of the lentiform nucleus.

(Globus Pallidus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The arteries branching off of the horizontal or M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery in both hemispheres that supply the caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus.

(Lateral Lenticulostriate Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The gray substance is made up of the caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus.

(Corpus Striatum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)