juxtarestiform body

juxtarestiform body
jux·ta·res·ti·form body -'res-tə-.fȯrm- n a part of the inferior cerebellar peduncle containing nerve fibers that reciprocally connect the cerebellum and the vestibular nuclei of the medulla oblongata

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corpus juxtarestiforme.

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