English noun: striate body | |||
1. | striate body (body) 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 | ||
Synonyms | corpus striatum, striatum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | basal ganglion | ||
Part holonym | caudate, caudate nucleus, lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus | ||