National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

External Capsule

Synonyms

External Capsule

BRAIN, EXTERNAL CAPSULE

Definitions

A thin lamina of white matter comprising long association fibers located between the claustrum and putamen in the brain, and which connects the midportion of the superotemporal region with the midportion of the ventral and lateral aspects of the prefrontal cortex.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32550

ALT_DEFINITION

A thin lamina of white matter comprising long association fibers located between the claustrum and putamen in the brain, and which connects the midportion of the superotemporal region with the midportion of the ventral and lateral aspects of the prefrontal cortex.

code

C32550

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A thin lamina of white matter comprising long association fibers located between the claustrum and putamen in the brain, and which connects the midportion of the superotemporal region with the midportion of the ventral and lateral aspects of the prefrontal cortex.

FULL_SYN

External Capsule

BRAIN, EXTERNAL CAPSULE

label

External Capsule

Legacy Concept Name

External_Capsule

Preferred_Name

External Capsule

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C32550

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0152345

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13031

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34030

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