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Internal capsule tracts
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Anatomic locations of the various tracts within the internal capsule, including the motor homunculus in the posterior limb.
LN: lentiform nucleus
C: head of the caudate nucleus
Th: thalamus
Case Discussion
This diagram illustrates the anatomic locations of the various tracts within the internal capsule.
Note the motor homunculus of the corticospinal tract located in the anterior 2/3rds of the posterior limb and the head and neck fibres in the corticonuclear tract within the genu.
Attribution:
Axial MRI image from Frank Gaillard, rID:42777
illustration drawn by Craig Hacking
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