Corona radiata of neuraxis

System Nervous

Corona radiata of neuraxis

Definition

Fan shaped white matter mass comprised of afferent and efferent fibers from the cerebral cortex arranged in radially arrayed bundles, converging towards the internal capsule (Carpenter, Core Text of Neuroanatomy, 3rd ed, 1985, pg. 30; Heimer, The Human Brain and Spinal Cord, 2nd ed., 1995, pg 84).

Also known as corona radiata — per UBERON

The Corona radiata of neuraxis is a part of the Nervous.