dorsal striatum

English

Noun

dorsal striatum (plural dorsal striatums)

1. (neuroanatomy) The backward part of the corpus striatum. It consists (in each hemisphere) of the lenticular nucleus and the caudate nucleus; these are adjacent to each other (at one end of the latter, with the rest of the latter also curving around the former).

Hypernyms

• corpus striatum

Meronyms

• caudate nucleus
• lenticular nucleus

Holonyms

• striatum