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The is a telencephalic
Nucleus , one of the input nuclei of the
Basal Ganglia involved with control of voluntary movement in the
Brain .
There is a caudate nucleus on each side of the brain, each a C-shape structure with a wider ''head'' at the front, tapering to a ''body'' and a ''tail''.
(Sometimes a part of the caudate nucleus is referred to as ''genu'' E. H. Yeterian, D. N. Pandya, "Corticostriatal connections of extrastriate visual areas in rhesus monkeys," ''
The Journal Of Comparative Neurology ''
352(3):436-457, 1995. PMID:
7706560 )
The head and body of the caudate nucleus form the part of the floor of the anterior horn of the
Lateral Ventricle . After the body travels briefly towards the back of the head, the tail curves back toward the anterior, forming the roof of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle. This means that a coronal (on the same plane as the
Face ) section that cuts through the tail will also cross the body (or head) of the caudate nucleus.
The caudate nucleus is related anatomically to a number of other structures. It is separated from the
Lenticular Nucleus (a structure which includes the
Putamen ) by the
Internal Capsule . Together the caudate and putamen form the
Striate Body .
