medial longitudinal fasciculus
- medial longitudinal fasciculus
medial longitudinal fasciculus n any of four longitudinal bundles of white matter of which there are two on each side that extend from the midbrain to the upper parts of the spinal cord where they are located close to the midline ventral to the gray commissure and that are composed of fibers esp. from the vestibular nuclei
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Medial longitudinal fasciculus — Brain: Medial longitudinal fasciculus Transverse section of mid brain at level of inferior colliculi. (Medial longitudinal fasciculus labeled at center right.) … Wikipedia
Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = nucleus interstitialis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Coronal section through mid brain. (Nucleus is not labeled, but MLF is b , in red.) Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = BrainInfoType … Wikipedia
Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus — Brain: Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus Latin fasciculus longitudinalis posterior; fasciculus longitudinalis dorsalis NeuroLex ID birnlex 986 The dorsal longitudinal fasciculus (DLF) (not to be confused with the medial longitudinal fasciculus, nor… … Wikipedia
Superior longitudinal fasciculus — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = fasciculus longitudinalis superior cerebri GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 844 Caption = Diagram showing principal systems of association fibers in the cerebrum. (Sup. longitudinal fasc. labeled at center top.)… … Wikipedia
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fasciculus longitudinalis posterior — [TA] posterior longitudinal fasciculus: a lightly myelinated fiber bundle that runs in the periventricular gray substance throughout the extent of the mesencephalon, near the medial longitudinal fasciculus; called also SchÑŒtz bundle or tract, f … Medical dictionary
fasciculus longitudinalis medialis — [TA] medial longitudinal fasciculus: a fiber tract extending between the mesencephalon and the upper part of the spinal cord; it lies close to the median plane, just ventral to the central gray matter, and interconnects the vestibular nuclei with … Medical dictionary
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