Internal capsule Flashcards
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Internal capsule
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= route between subcortical & cortical structures
projection fibres; axons; white matter Emerge superiorly to thalamus as the corona radiata
• ascending & descending fibres connecting the cerebral cortex with subcortical structures: basal nuclei, thalamus, brainstem, spinal cord, and cerebellum
• Pass lateral to thalamus; medial to putamen & globus pallidus (basal nuclei)
AREA BETWEEN BRAINSTEM AND BASAL NUCLEI
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INTERNAL CAPSULE FEATURES
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Anterior limb
• Genu
• Posterior limb - info from VPN and VPL going to parietal lobe
• Retrolenticular part - visual info
• Sublenticular part’ - auditory (thalamus > temporal lobes)
* somatotopically organised
3
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Commissural fibre tracts:
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anterior commissure & corpus callosum
