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Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the motor nuclei in the brainstem.
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corticonuclear tract — the nerve fiber tract formed by fibers (corticonuclear fibers) associated with the pyramidal tract that arise in the cerebral cortex, descend in the internal capsule, and synapse in the various motor nuclei of the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla … Medical dictionary
corticonuclear — cor·ti·co·nu·cle·ar (kor″tĭ ko nooґkle ər) pertaining to fibers that connect the cerebral cortex and nuclei of one or more of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain, or to the projections of the Purkinje cells to nuclei of the… … Medical dictionary
corticonuclear fibers — 1. fibrae corticonucleares. 2. Purkinje cells axons that connect to nuclei of the cerebellum … Medical dictionary
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fibrae corticonucleares — corticonuclear fibers: longitudinal fibers of the pyramidal tract (see tractus pyramidalis) that arise in the cerebral cortex, descend in the internal capsule, and synapse in the various motor nuclei of the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla… … Medical dictionary
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fibra — SYN: fiber, fiber. [L.] fibrae arcuatae cerebri [TA] SYN: arcuate fibers of cerebrum, under fiber. fibrae arcuatae externae SYN: external arcuate fibers, under fiber. fibrae arcuatae externae anteriores [TA] See external arcuate fibers, under… … Medical dictionary
bundle — A structure composed of a group of fibers, muscular or nervous; a fasciculus. SYN: fasciculus (3) [TA]. aberrant bundles a group, or groups, of fibers from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor … Medical dictionary
