Anterior perforated substance

The anterior perforated substance is a bilateral irregularly quadrilateral area in front of the optic tract and behind the olfactory trigone, from which it is separated by the fissure prima; medially and in front, it is continuous with the subcallosal gyrus; it is bounded laterally by the lateral stria of the olfactory tract and is continued into the uncus.[1]

Anterior perforated substance
Scheme of rhinencephalon (anterior perforated substance labeled at bottom left)
Base of brain (anterior perforated substance labeled at center.)
Details
Identifiers
LatinSubstantia perforata anterior
NeuroNames282
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1096
TAA14.1.09.437
FMA61891
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Its gray substance is confluent above with that of the corpus striatum, and is perforated anteriorly by numerous small blood vessels that supply such areas as the internal capsule.

Additional images
  • Human brainstem anterior view
  • Cerebrum. Inferior view.Deep dissection

See also

References
  1. Sen, T; Esmer, AF; Acar, HI; Karahan, ST; Tuccar, E. "Arterial vascularisation of the anterior perforated substance". Singapore Medical Journal. 52 (6): 410–414. PMID 21731992.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 827 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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