Cerebrospinal fibers

Cerebrospinal fibers
Cerebrospinal fibers
	Coronal section through mid-brain. Corpora quadrigemina.; Cerebral aqueduct.; Central gray stratum.; Interpeduncular space.; Sulcus lateralis.; Substantia nigra.; Red nucleus of tegmentum.; Oculomotor nerve, with 8’, its nucleus of origin; Lemniscus (in blue) with a’ the medial lemniscus and a" the lateral lemniscus; Medial longitudinal fasciculus; Raphé; Temporopontine fibers; Portion of medial lemniscus, which runs to the lentiform nucleus and insula; Cerebrospinal fibers; Frontopontine fibers;
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Latin	Fibrae cerebrospinales
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The cerebrospinal fibers, derived from the cells of the motor area of the cerebral cortex,^[1] occupy the middle three-fifths of the base; they are continued partly to the nuclei of the motor cranial nerves, but mainly into the pyramids of the medulla oblongata.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 802 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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