STRIATE BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striate body mean? 

• STRIATE BODY (noun)
  The noun STRIATE BODY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: STRIATE BODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIATE BODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

corpus striatum; striate body; striatum

Hypernyms ("striate body" 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 "striate body"):

caudate; caudate nucleus (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)

lenticular nucleus; lentiform nucleus (a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum)