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Anthropology

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1. For anyone who wants to know what a putamen is.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2018, 09:35 AM

Dec 2018

It is closely intertwined with the caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens, and globus pallidus, which are together known as the corpus striatum. Signals are transmitted through these structures to the motor thalamus, brain stem, and motor neocortex, which helps the body with all aspects of physical movement.

So, if you're slightly klutzy, blame it on your Neanderthal genes.

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