Slide 8:Internal Capsule

Identify:

• Ventral Posteromedial (VPM) and Ventral Posterolateral (VPL) nuclei
• Centromedian nucleus (CM)
• Mediodorsal Nucleus (MD)
• Stria Medullaris Thalami (SMT)
• Choroid Plexus forming roof of third ventricle (3V)
• Crus Cerebri
• Substantia Nigra (SN)
• Red Nucleus (RN)
• Reticular nucleus (R) and Zona Incerta (ZI)
• Internal Capsule (IC)
• Stria Terminalis (ST)
• Body of Lateral Ventricle (LV)
• Corpus Callosum (CC)
• Fornix (F)
• Optic Tract (OT)
• Subthalamic Nucleus (STN)
• Body of Lateral Ventricle (LV)
• Body of Caudate (C)
• Putamen (P)
• Globus Pallidus (GP)
• Oculomotor Nerves (3)
• Amygdala
• Tail of Caudate (Ct)
• Temporal Horn of Lateral Ventricle (TH)
• Hippocampus
• Amygdala

Note:

• The Stria Medullaris Thalami is a good landmark for the Mediodorsal Nucleus.
• The fibers streaming laterally from the Red Nucleus are cerebello-thalamic fibers (labeled SCP) on their way to termination within VL.
• The Zona Incerta is continuous with the Reticular Nucleus.
• The Globus Pallidus and Caudate Putamen make up part of the Basal Ganglia.