centrum semiovale

{{Short description|Area of white matter below the human brain's central cortex}}

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| Latin = centrum semiovale

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In neuroanatomy, the centrum semiovale, semioval center or centrum ovale{{cite web|title=centrum semiovale|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/centrum+semiovale|website=TheFreeDictionary.com}} is the central area of white matter found underneath the cerebral cortex.{{cite book|last1=Alberts|first1=Daniel Albert|title=Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary.|date=2012|publisher=Saunders/Elsevier|location=Philadelphia, PA|isbn=978-1-4160-6257-8|page=330|edition=32nd}}

The white matter, located in each hemisphere between the cerebral cortex and nuclei, as a whole has a semioval shape. It consists of cortical projection fibers, association fibers and cortical fibers. It continues ventrally as the corona radiata.