reticulospinal tract

reticulospinal tract
re·tic·u·lo·spi·nal tract ri-.tik-yə-lō-.spī-nəl- n a tract of nerve fibers that originates in the reticular formation of the pons and medulla oblongata and descends to the spinal cord

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reticulospinal tract, anterior tractus reticulospinalis anterior.

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  • reticulospinal tract ventral — tractus reticulospinalis anterior …   Medical dictionary

  • tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the …   Medical dictionary

  • reticulospinal — Pertaining to the r. tract. * * * re·tic·u·lo·spi·nal (rə tik″u lo spiґnəl) pertaining to a reticular formation and the spinal cord …   Medical dictionary

  • Corticospinal tract — Pyramidal tract redirects here. This page refers to the nerve fibres underlying the pyramids. For the actual area of the brain, Pyramids, see Pyramid of medulla oblongata. Brain: Corticospinal tract Deep dissection of brain stem. Lateral view. (… …   Wikipedia

  • Dorsal spinocerebellar tract — Posterior spinocerebellar tract is labeled in blue at right …   Wikipedia

  • Tectospinal tract — Diagram showing possible connection of long descending fibers from higher centers with the motor cells of the ventral column through association fibers. ( Tectospinal fasciculus labeled at center right.) …   Wikipedia

  • Lateral corticospinal tract — labeled in red at upper left. Latin tractus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis …   Wikipedia

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