Medical Definition of Tractus frontopontinus

1. A large group of fibres arising from the frontal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere, especially the precentral gyrus, descending in the capsula interna, farther caudally composing the medial part of the crus cerebri in which they extend caudalward to end in the gray matter (pontine nuclei) of the ventral part of the pons. Synonym: tractus frontopontinus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tractus Frontopontinus

tracts
tractus
tractus
tractuses
tractus centralis tegmenti
tractus cerebellorubralis
tractus cerebellothalamicus
tractus corticobulbaris
tractus corticopontini
tractus corticospinalis
tractus corticospinalis anterior
tractus corticospinalis lateralis
tractus descendens nervi trigemini
tractus dorsolateralis
tractus fastigiobulbaris
tractus frontopontinus (current term)
tractus habenulopeduncularis
tractus iliotibialis
tractus mesencephalicus nervi trigemini
tractus occipitopontinus
tractus olfactorius
tractus olivocerebellaris
tractus opticus
tractus parietopontinus
tractus pyramidalis
tractus pyramidalis anterior
tractus pyramidalis lateralis
tractus reticulospinalis
tractus rubrospinalis
tractus solitarius

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