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Gowers's tract — Gow·ers s tract gau̇ ərz( əz) n SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT (b) Gowers Sir William Richard (1845 1915) British neurologist. Gowers was one of the founders of modern neurology. Early in his career he became interested in the anatomical pathology and… … Medical dictionary
tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the … Medical dictionary
Gowers tract (column fasciculus) etc. — Gow·ers tract (column, fasciculus), etc. (gouґərz) [Sir William Richard Gowers, English neurologist, 1845–1915] see under sign and solution, see tractus spinocerebellaris anterior, and see vasovagal syncope, under syncope … Medical dictionary
gowers's tract — ˈgau̇(ə)rz(ə̇z) noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after Sir William R. Gowers died 1915 English neurologist : a crescent shaped tract of fibers in the anterior lateral part of the spinal cord … Useful english dictionary
Gowers — Sir William R., English neurologist, 1845–1915. See G. column, G. contraction, G. disease, G. syndrome, G. tract … Medical dictionary
spinocerebellar tract — n any of four nerve tracts which pass from the spinal cord to the cerebellum and of which two are situated on each side external to the crossed corticospinal tracts: a) a posterior tract on each side that arises from cells in the nucleus dorsalis … Medical dictionary
Gowers tract — tractus spinocerebellaris anterior … Medical dictionary
Ventral spinocerebellar tract — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = tractus spinocerebellaris anterior, tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis GraySubject = 185 GrayPage = 761 Caption = Ventral spinocerebellar tract is 4b, in blue at right. Caption2 = Diagram of the principal… … Wikipedia
William Richard Gowers — The Gowers tract (tractus spinocerebellaris anterior) is named after him.Sir William Richard Gowers, neurologist, paediatrician, researcher and artist, drew this illustration in 1886 as part of his documentation of Parkinson s Disease. The image… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
