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cuneate fasciculus of spinal cord

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An axon tract in the spinal cord which primarily transmits information from the forelimb and trunk. It is part of the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021959 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_fasciculus ]

Term info

Label

cuneate fasciculus of spinal cord

Synonyms
  • burdach's tract
  • cuneate fascicle of spinal cord
  • fasciculus cuneatus
  • tract of Burdach
database cross reference
latin term
fasciculus cuneatus [ FMA : TA FMA : 73941 ]

latin term
fasciculus cuneatus medullae spinalis [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_fasciculus ]

depicted by

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

editor note

check ontology structure, isa parentage to fasciculus of spinal cord should be inferred. TODO - change definition to be the *whole* of the CF in the SC

has broad synonym

cuneate fasciculus

has related synonym

fasciculus cuneatus medullae spinalis

id

UBERON:0005835