Anterior perforated substance

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 369108006

Anterior perforated substance

Definition

Regional part of telencephalon lying on the basal surface and bounded by the olfactory trigone rostrally, the diagonal band medially and caudally and the prepiriform cortex laterally. It is characterized by many perforations caused by small blood vessels entering the gray matter (Meyer et al., J. Comp. Neurol 284: 405, 1989).

Also known as anterior perforated area, anterior perforated space, olfactory area (mai), substantia perforata anterior — per UBERON

The Anterior perforated substance is a part of the Nervous.

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