An kwatanta tsakiya na caudate a matsayin "wani nau'i mai launin toka a cikin kowane kwakwalwar kwakwalwa wanda ke cikin basal ganglia kusa da ventricle na gefe da caudate nucleus, yana da wutsiya mai tsawo da ke shiga cikin lobe na wucin gadi, kuma yana shiga cikin sarrafawa. na ƙungiyoyi na son rai da kuma cikin koyo da sarrafa bayanan fahimi da na zuciya."A cikin mafi sauƙi, caudate nucleus wani bangare ne na kwakwalwa wanda ke taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen sarrafa motsi da sarrafa fahimi bayanin tunani. Yana cikin zurfin cikin kwakwalwa, kusa da tsakiyar sassan kwakwalwar biyu.