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gracile fasciculus

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A group of axons that are from neurons involved in proprioception from the lower trunk and lower limb[GO]. The fasciculus gracilis (tract of Goll) is a bundle of axon fibres in the dorsomedial spinal cord that carries information about fine touch, vibrations, and conscious proprioception from the lower part of the body to the brain stem. It is part of the posterior column of the spinal cord, which also contains the fasciculus cuneatus, which carries the same information from the upper part of the body. This tract and its continuation in the brain stem is often referred to as the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway. The fasciculus gracilis is wedge-shaped on transverse section and lies next the posterior median septum, its base being at the surface of the medulla spinalis, and its apex directed toward the posterior gray commissure. It increases in size from below upward, and consists of long thin fibers that are derived from the posterior nerve roots, and ascend as far as the medulla oblongata, where they end in the nucleus gracilis. The tract of Goll was named after Swiss neuroanatomist Friedrich Goll[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracile_fasciculus https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1277 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021958 ]

Term info

Label

gracile fasciculus

Synonyms
  • fasciculus gracilis
  • gracile fascicle
  • gracilis tract
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depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Spinal_cord_tracts_-_English.svg

editor note

distinction between axon tract and fasicle is unclear

has alternative id

UBERON:0004168

has related synonym

gracile column, tract of Goll, gracile tract, f. gracilis medullae spinalis

id

UBERON:0005821