Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

external capsule

Synonyms

capsula externa

Definitions

External capsule is an organ subdivision of the telencephalon which is made up primarily of myelinated axonal neural tissue (white matter). The external capsule is a sheet-like fiber bundle located lateral to the to the putamen and globus pallidus which projects dorsally to the white matter underlying the cerebral cortex.

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6908

Definition

External capsule is an organ subdivision of the telencephalon which is made up primarily of myelinated axonal neural tissue (white matter). The external capsule is a sheet-like fiber bundle located lateral to the to the putamen and globus pallidus which projects dorsally to the white matter underlying the cerebral cortex.

FMAID

61959

label

RID6908

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID18161

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6906

Preferred_name

external capsule

Preferred_name_German

capsula externa

prefixIRI

RID6908

Regional_Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID18161

Synonym

capsula externa

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID17019

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