Espiral Atlas
Central nervous systemNeuroanatomy

Claustrum

claustrum

A thin sheet of gray matter between the insula and the putamen: outside it lies the extreme capsule (on the side of the insula); inside it, the external capsule (on the side of the putamen). On the model, the shape is approximate, made by code from the neighboring pieces.

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