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cuneate fasciculus
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An axon tract in the spinal cord and medulla which primarily transmits information from the forelimb and trunk. It is part of the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_fasciculus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021959 ]
Term info
Label
cuneate fasciculus
Synonyms
- cuneatus tract
has alternative id
UBERON:0004169
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
cuneate column, cuneate tract, fasciculus cuneus, fasciculus cuneatus, cuneate fascicle
id
UBERON:0005832
terminology notes
we assign the synonym 'Burdachs tract' to the subclass. sometimes the term 'cuneate fasciculus' refers specifically to cuneate fasiculus of spinal cord. We use the term more broadly here.