- tectospinal tract
- a tract that conveys nerve impulses from the midbrain, across the midline as it descends, to the spinal cord in the cervical (neck) region. It contains important motor neurones.
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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
tectospinal tract — a tract that conveys nerve impulses from the midbrain, across the midline as it descends, to the spinal cord in the cervical (neck) region. It contains important motor neurone. * * * tractus tectospinalis … Medical dictionary
Тракт Тектоспинальный (Tectospinal Tract) — нисходящий экстрапирамидный путь, связывающий четверохолмие со спинным мозгом; передаст влияние подкорковых центров зрения и слуха на тонус скелетной мускулатуры и защитные рефлексы. Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
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
tectospinal — Denoting nerve fibers passing from the mesencephalic tectum to the spinal cord. * * * tec·to·spi·nal .tek tō spīn əl adj of, relating to, or being a tract of myelinated nerve fibers that mediate various visual and auditory reflexes and that… … Medical dictionary
tectospinal — |tek(ˌ)tō+ adjective Etymology: New Latin tectum + English o + spinal : extending from the tectum of the midbrain to the spinal cord used especially of a tract of nerve fibers connecting these parts … Useful english 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
Corticobulbar tract — Brain: Corticobulbar tract Components and location of the corticobulbar tract. Latin tractus corticonuclearis NeuroNames … Wikipedia
Dentatothalamic tract — Brain: Dentatothalamic tract Latin tractus dentatothalamicus NeuroNames hier 525 NeuroLex ID birnlex 1104 The dentatothalamic tract (or de … Wikipedia
Dorsal spinocerebellar tract — Posterior spinocerebellar tract is labeled in blue at right … Wikipedia
