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Term:abnormal brain external capsule morphology
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Definition:any structural anomaly of the series of white matter fiber tracts in the brain that run between the most lateral segment of the lentiform nucleus and the claustrum; the white matter of the external capsule contains fibers known as corticocortical association fibers which are responsible for connecting the cerebral cortex to another cortical area; the capsule appears as a thin white sheet of white matter and provides a route for cholinergic fibers from the basal forebrain to the cerebral cortex; it eventually joins the internal capsule around the lentiform nucleus
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal external capsule of telencephalon



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  mammalian phenotype 5421
    nervous system phenotype 380
      abnormal nervous system morphology 217
        abnormal brain morphology 139
          abnormal brain white matter morphology 11
            abnormal brain external capsule morphology 0
              decreased brain external capsule size 0
              increased brain external capsule size 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5421
    nervous system phenotype 380
      abnormal nervous system morphology 217
        abnormal brain morphology 139
          abnormal forebrain morphology 83
            abnormal telencephalon morphology 29
              abnormal cerebral hemisphere morphology 18
                abnormal brain external capsule morphology 0
                  decreased brain external capsule size 0
                  increased brain external capsule size 0
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