caudate nucleus

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   a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

   Synonymscaudate

   Broaderbasal ganglion

   Part ofcorpus striatum

Questions about caudate nucleus

What does caudate nucleus mean?

caudate nucleus means "a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain".

What is another word for caudate nucleus?

Close synonyms include caudate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.