caudate n

The intraventricular portion (or ganglion) of the corpus striatum, a pyramidal body on the floor of the anterior cornu of the third ventricle, composed mainly of gray matter traversed by white fibers from the internal capsule. Microscopically it is made up of multipolar nerve cells, which are probably connected with the surrounding fibers, central n. of Roller. A ganglionic ma in the oblong at a near the rhaphe and between the lemniscus on the ventral side and the fasciculus longitudinal is posterior on the dorsal side, chromatic n. The principal n. of a cell as distinguished from the acce ory n. or corpuscle, cleavage n. See segmentation n. common n. of the third and fourth cranial nerves, common oculomotor n. A collection of ganglion cells in the floor of the aqueduct of Sylvius, cuneate n. Syn.: Burdach's n. The elongated ma of ganglionic substance appearing in the external posterior column of the post oblong at a at the level of the established pyramids and extending nearly to the pons, cuneiform n. See ala cinerea. daughter nuclei. Deiters's n. A collection of cells situated back of the acoustic n. dentate n. See corpus dentatum. ectoblastic n. A n. in one of the cells of the epiblast. emboli form n. A small ma of gray matter lying to the inner side of the corpus denticulatum. endothelial n. One of the nuclei of connective ti ue corpuscles in serous membranes, entoblastic n. A n.