Slide 3: Genu of the Internal Capsule

Identify:

• Genu of Corpus Callosum (CCg)
• Lateral Ventricle (LV)
• Head of the Caudate (Ch)
• Internal Capsule (IC)
• Putamen (P)
• Globus Pallidus (GP)
• Nucleus Accumbens (NA)
• Anterior Commissure (AC)
• Columns of Fornix (Fcol, in vertically running "columns")

Note:

• The Nucleus Accumbens (NA) is a medial and ventral extension of the Putamen and represents the major "striatal element" of the Ventral Striatum.