Cerebrospinal fibers

Cerebrospinal fibers
Coronal section through mid-brain. Corpora quadrigemina. Cerebral aqueduct. Central gray stratum. Interpeduncular space. Sulcus lateralis. Substantia nigra. Red nucleus of tegmentum. Oculomotor nerve, with 8’, its nucleus of origin Lemniscus (in blue) with a’ the medial lemniscus and a" the lateral lemniscus Medial longitudinal fasciculus Raphé Temporopontine fibers Portion of medial lemniscus, which runs to the lentiform nucleus and insula Cerebrospinal fibers Frontopontine fibers
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Latin	fibrae cerebrospinales
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The cerebrospinal fibers, derived from the cells of the motor area of the cerebral cortex, occupy the middle three-fifths of the base; they are continued partly to the nuclei of the motor cranial nerves, but mainly into the pyramids of the medulla oblongata.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 802 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)