superior longitudinal fasciculus
- superior longitudinal fasciculus
superior longitudinal fasciculus n a large bundle of association fibers in the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere that extends above the insula from the frontal lobe to the occipital lobe where it curves downward and forward into the temporal lobe
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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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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
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Fasciculus — can refer to: * nervous tissue ** Superior longitudinal fasciculus *** Arcuate fasciculus ** Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus ** Medial longitudinal fasciculus ** Flechsig s fasciculus * A structure in the wrist * Fasciculus Chemicus * Fasciculus… … Wikipedia
fasciculus longitudinalis superior cerebri — [TA] superior longitudinal fasciculus of cerebrum: a bundle of association fibers in the cerebrum, extending from the frontal lobe to the posterior end of the lateral sulcus, and interrelating the cortex of the frontal, temporal, parietal, and… … Medical dictionary
fasciculus — 1. SYN: fascicle. 2. SYN: cord. 3. SYN: bundle. [L. dim. of fascis, bundle] f. anterior musculi palatopharyngei [TA] SYN: anterior fascicle of palatopharyngeus (muscle). anterior f. proprius [TA] SYN: fasciculi proprii … Medical dictionary
Occipitofrontal fasciculus — Brain: Occipitofrontal fasciculus Latin f. occipitofrontalis inferior Gray s subject #189 844 NeuroNames ancil 535 The occipitofrontal fasciculus passes backward from … Wikipedia
Arcuate fasciculus — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = fasciculus arcuatus GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Figure one illustrates significant language areas of the brain. The arcuate fasciculus links the green area (Wernicke s) to the blue area (Broca s),… … Wikipedia
Cerebrum — Brain: Cerebrum Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. Artery anterior cerebral, middle cerebral, poster … Wikipedia