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or hemiplegia. While symptoms of weakness due to an isolated lesion of the posterior limb can initially be severe, recovery of motor function is sometimes possible due to spinal projections of premotor cortical regions that are contained more rostrally in the internal capsule.
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The internal capsule provides passage to ascending and descending fibres running to and from the cerebral cortex. Fibers include frontopontine fibers from the frontal lobe to the pontine nuclei;
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Due to the orderly somatotropic arrangement of elements of the posterior limb of the internal capsule, small lesions can produce selective functional deficits.
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that mainly govern muscle motion of the head and face. The geniculate fibers originate in the motor cortex, and after passing downward through the base of the
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The primary motor cortex sends its axons through the posterior limb of the internal capsule. Lesions, therefore, result in a contralateral
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The internal capsule is V-shaped in transection forming an anterior and posterior limb, with the angle between them called the genu.
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supply a large part of the internal capsule. These small vessels are particularly vulnerable to narrowing in the setting of chronic
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The sublenticular part is beneath the lentiform nucleus, and contains fibers connecting with the temporal lobe. These include the
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The superior parts of both the anterior and posterior limbs, and the genu of the internal capsule are supplied by the
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White matter structure situated in the inferomedial part of each cerebral hemisphere of the brain
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As in many parts of the body, some degree of variation in the blood supply exists. For example,
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is the bend, or flexure in the V of the internal capsule. It is formed by fibers from the
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Horizontal section of right cerebral hemisphere. (Capsula interna labeled at upper left.)
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constitutes a large part of the internal capsule, carrying motor information from the
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Emos, Marc Christopher; Suheb, Mahammed Khan; Agarwal, Sanjeev (2022-06-13).
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passing from the frontal lobe through the medial fifth of the base of the
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Schmahmann, Jeremy D.; Schmahmann, Jeremy; Pandya, Deepak (2009-02-11).
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Lesions of the genu of the internal capsule affect fibers of the
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Gray's Anatomy E-Book: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice
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Stained brain slice images which include the "internal capsule"
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The anterior half of the posterior limb contains fibers of the
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Fibers that pass from the occipital and temporal lobes to the
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The internal capsule is V-shaped when cut horizontally in a
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The inferior half of the posterior limb is supplied by the
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The inferior half of the anterior limb is supplied via the
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passing from the posterolateral nucleus of thalamus to the
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or intraparenchymal haemorrhage due to vessel rupture.
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contains fibers from the optic system, coming from the
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The posterior third of the posterior limb contains:
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Index

Posterior limb


Latin
MeSH
D020772
NeuroNames
198
NeuroLex
birnlex_1659
TA98
A14.1.09.524
TA2
5576
FMA
61950
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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white matter
tract
ascending
descending
fibers
cerebral cortex
inferomedial
cerebral hemisphere
brain
basal ganglia
caudate nucleus
thalamus

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