See Also: Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale(medicine)
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Vicq d'Azyr's bundle(medicine)
Vicq d'Azyr's foramen(medicine)
centrum semiovale(medicine)
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centrum(medicine)
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Vieussens' centrum(medicine)

Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale (medicine)


Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale -->
centrum semiovale


The great mass of white matter composing the interior of the cerebral hemisphere; the name refers to the general shape of this white core in horizontal sections of the hemisphere.

Synonym: centrum medullare, centrum ovale, medullary centre, semioval centre, Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale, Vieussens' centrum.