Centrum semiovale explained

Centrum semiovale
Latin:	centrum semiovale

In neuroanatomy, the centrum semiovale, semioval center or centrum ovale^[1] is the central area of white matter found underneath the cerebral cortex.^[2] The white matter, located in each hemisphere between the cerebral cortex and nuclei, as a whole has a semioval shape. It consists of cortical projection fibers, association fibers and cortical fibers. It continues ventrally as the corona radiata.

External links

• http://www.anatomyatlases.org/MicroscopicAnatomy/Section17/Plate17351.shtml
• http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/cases/caseB/054t_2.gif
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071114074658/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~btharris/Case_of_Quarter/Case_4/case_4_home.htm (see figure 4)

Notes and References

1. Web site: centrum semiovale. TheFreeDictionary.com.
2. Book: Alberts. Daniel Albert. Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary.. 2012. Saunders/Elsevier. Philadelphia, PA. 978-1-4160-6257-8. 330. 32nd.