Definitions for "Internal capsule"
a group of myelinated ascending and descending fiber tracts that connect the cortex to other parts of the central nervous system; although the axons that pass through it descend to the brain stem and spinal cord, the capsule itself ends within the cerebrum; the internal capsule is located between the lenticular nucleus and the caudate nucleus
The collection of afferent and efferent fibers of the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres, visible on gross dissection of the brain.
large mass of white matter running between the basal ganglia and thalamus containing many ascending and descending pathways to and from the cortex