Medical Definition of Corticopontine tract
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Collective term for the multitude of fibres which, originating in all of the major subdivisions of the cerebral cortex, descend in the internal capsule and crus cerebri to terminate in the nuclei of the ventral part of the pons.
Individual components of this massive fibre system are indicated, according to their origin in the cerebral cortex, as the frontopontine tract, parietopontine tract, occipitopontine tract, and temporopontine tract.
Synonym: tractus corticopontini.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corticopontine Tract
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