The caudate nucleus and the |lentiform nucleus| are both part of the striated body (corpus striatum) of white and grey |nerve fibers| located just laterally from the |fornix|. The |lentiform nucleus|, or |nucleus| lenticularis, is the extra-ventricular portion, as it is imbedded in the white material of the cerebral ~hemisphere~. The caudate nucleus, or |nucleus| caudatus, extends from the outer side of the optic |thalamus| to the roof of the decending cornu of the |lateral ventricle|, at the apex of the temporal |lobe|.
