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Noun basal ganglion has 1 sense
  1. basal ganglion - any of several masses of subcortical gray matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
    --1 is a kind of     ganglion
    --1 is a part of
     pyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system, corticospinal tract; diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
     --1 has particulars:
     amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum; caudate nucleus, caudate; claustrum; lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus; pallidum, globus pallidus, paleostriatum; putamen; corpus striatum, striatum, striate body
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