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Brain: Posterior limb of internal capsule
Telencephalon-Horiconatal
Horizontal section of right cerebral hemisphere. (Capsula interna labeled at upper left.)
Gray746
Diagram of the tracts in the internal capsule. Motor tract red. The sensory tract (blue) is not direct, but formed of neurons receiving impulses from below in the thalamus and transmitting them to the cortex. The optic radiation (occipitothalamic) is shown in violet.
Latin crus posterius capsulae internae
Gray's subject #189 836
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Artery
Vein
BrainInfo/UW hier-183
MeSH [1]

The posterior limb of internal capsule (or occipital part) is the portion of the internal capsule posterior to the genu.

Anterior[]

The anterior two-thirds of the occipital part of the internal capsule contains fibers of the corticospinal tract, which arise in the motor area of the cerebral cortex and, passing downward through the middle three-fifths of the base of the cerebral peduncle, are continued into the pyramids of the medulla oblongata.

Posterior[]

The posterior third of the occipital part contains:


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