claustrum of brain in dogs
One of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that consists of a thin lamina of gray matter between the lentiform nucleus and the insula[BTO]. The claustrum, which is suspected to be present in all mammals, is a fairly thin (fraction of 1 mm to multiple mms) vertical curved sheet of subcortical gray matter oriented sagittally between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule. The claustrum is lateral to the putamen and medial to the insular cortex and is considered by some sources to be part of the basal ganglia. There are lateral and medial tracts connecting to many cortices and perhaps to the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the caudate nucleus (connections with subcortical centers are a matter of debate)[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the claustrum of brain is
One of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that consists of a thin lamina of gray matter between the lentiform nucleus and the insula[BTO]. The claustrum, which is suspected to be present in all mammals, is a fairly thin (fraction of 1 mm to multiple mms) vertical curved sheet of subcortical gray matter oriented sagittally between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule. The claustrum is lateral to the putamen and medial to the insular cortex and is considered by some sources to be part of the basal ganglia. There are lateral and medial tracts connecting to many cortices and perhaps to the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the caudate nucleus (connections with subcortical centers are a matter of debate)[WP]. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the claustrum of brain is
It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the claustrum of brain connects to
The atlas records 12 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, basal forebrain and brain, and 4 more.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the claustrum of brain. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as claustrum, dorsal claustrum, dorsal portion of claustrum and claustrum (Burdach). Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002023, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: anatomical entity, basal forebrain, brain, cerebral hemisphere, forebrain and nervous system, and 1 more.
- A kind of: anatomical structure, basal ganglion, brain gray matter, cerebral hemisphere gray matter and gray matter.
Questions
Where is the claustrum of brain?
It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the claustrum of brain connect to?
Part of: anatomical entity, basal forebrain, brain, cerebral hemisphere, forebrain and nervous system, and 1 more.
Is the claustrum of brain the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.