See Also: centrum semiovale(medicine)
Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
centrum(dictionary)
centrum(medicine)
centrum ovale(medicine)
Vieussens' centrum(medicine)
centrum of a vertebra(medicine)
centrum medullare(medicine)
centrum medianum(medicine)

centrum semiovale (medicine)


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.