- Look up
cuneate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Cuneate means "wedge-shaped", and can
apply to:
Cuneate leaf, a leaf
shape Cuneate nucleus, a part...
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columns – the
gracile fasciculus, or
gracile tract, and the
cuneate fasciculus, or
cuneate tract. The first-order
axons make
contact with second-order...
- the
dorsal columns in the brainstem. The name
refers collectively to the
cuneate nucleus and
gracile nucleus,
which are
situated at the
lower end of the...
- The
accessory cuneate nucleus is
located lateral to the
cuneate nucleus in the
medulla oblongata at the
level of the
sensory decussation (the crossing...
- midline, and the
cuneate fasciculus,
lying laterally.
These fasciculi end in
rounded elevations known as the
gracile and the
cuneate tubercles. They are...
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lateral to that is the
cuneate fasciculus.
Superior to each of these, and
directly inferior to the obex, are the
gracile and
cuneate tubercles, respectively...
- In this context, the "cuneo-"
derives from the
accessory cuneate nucleus, not the
cuneate nucleus. (The two
nuclei are
related in space, but not in function...
- 3.
Dorsal column tracts (gracile
fasciculus and
cuneate fasciculus) (in blue). 3’.
Gracile and
cuneate nuclei. 4.
Anterolateral corticospinal tract (in...
- is a
decussation (i.e. crossover) of
axons from the
gracile nucleus and
cuneate nucleus,
which are
responsible for fine touch, vibration, proprioception...
- corpuscle/Meissner's
corpuscle →
Posterior column (Gracile fasciculus/
Cuneate fasciculus) →
Gracile nucleus/
Cuneate nucleus 2°: →
sensory decussation/arcuate
fibers (Posterior...
