cuneate fasciculus
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://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_fasciculus http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021959 ]
Synonyms: cuneatus tract
Term info
- HBA:265505550
- BAMS:cu
- DHBA:12731
- neuronames:2439
- BM:Me-CF
- MBA:380
- BAMS:cuf
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.
cuneate column, cuneate tract, fasciculus cuneus, fasciculus cuneatus, cuneate fascicle
UBERON:0004169
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UBERON:0005832