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cerebral crus

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The cerebral crus is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, the plural of which is cerebral crura. In some older texts, it is used as a synonym for the entire cerebral peduncle, not just the anterior portion of it. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_crus ]

Term info

Label

cerebral crus

Synonyms
  • cerebral peduncle (clinical definition)
  • crura cerebri
  • crus cerebri
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
pedunculus cerebri, pars basalis [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

latin term
basis pedunculi (Oertel) [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

latin term
pars neo-encephalica pedunculi [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

abbreviation
CCR [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1218 ]

latin term
pes pedunculi [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

latin term
pes pedunculi of midbrain [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

latin term
basis cerebri (Oertel) [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

latin term
basis pedunculi cerebri (Willis) [ NeuroNames : 539 ]

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has related synonym

basis pedunculi cerebri (Willis), basis pedunculi (Oertel), pars neo-encephalica pedunculi, basis cerebri (Oertel), crus cerebri, pes pedunculi, base of cerebral peduncle, crus of the cerebral peduncle, pes pedunculi of midbrain, pedunculus cerebri, pars basalis, cerebral peduncle, basal part

id

UBERON:0002631