Centrum semiovale

Centrum semiovale
Dissection of cortex and brain-stem showing association fibers and island of Reil after removal of its superficial gray substance.
Human brain right dissected lateral view description
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Latin	centrum semiovale
NeuroNames	hier-172
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_20/12227363
FMA	61939
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy []

The centrum semiovale, semioval center or centrum ovale is the central area of white matter found underneath the cerebral cortex. 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.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)