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  2. Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy - Wikipedia

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    The rostro-caudal axis of the human central nervous system (magenta in the diagram) makes a near 90° bend at the level of the midbrain and continues through the brain-stem and spinal cord. In human anatomy, the occipital lobes and the back of the head are posterior but not caudal to the frontal lobes and the face.

  3. Spinocerebellar tracts - Wikipedia

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    The rostral spinocerebellar tract is a tract which transmits information from the golgi tendon organs of the cranial half of the body to the cerebellum. [8] It terminates bilaterally in the anterior lobe of the cerebellum (lower cerebellar peduncle) after travelling ipsilaterally from its origin in the cervical portion of the spinal cord.

  4. Neuroanatomy - Wikipedia

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    The latter bends the rostral part of the CNS at a 180-degree angle relative to the caudal part, at the transition between the forebrain (axis ending rostrally at the optic chiasma) and the brainstem and spinal cord (axis roughly vertical, but including additional minor kinks at the pontine and cervical flexures) These flexural changes in axial ...

  5. Vestibulospinal tract - Wikipedia

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    The Schwalbe's nucleus extends from the rostral end of the inferior olivary nucleus of the medulla oblongata to the caudal portion of the pons. [2] Medial vestibulospinal fibers join with the ipsilateral and contralateral medial longitudinal fasciculus, and descend in the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord.

  6. Medullary pyramids (brainstem) - Wikipedia

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    75254. Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy. [edit on Wikidata] In neuroanatomy, the medullary pyramids are paired white matter structures of the brainstem 's medulla oblongata that contain motor fibers of the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts – known together as the pyramidal tracts. The lower limit of the pyramids is marked when the fibers ...

  7. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Caudal (from Latin cauda 'tail') describes how close something is to the trailing end of an organism. [41] For example, in horses, the eyes are caudal to the nose and rostral to the back of the head. These terms are generally preferred in veterinary medicine and not used as often in human medicine.

  8. Rostral ventromedial medulla - Wikipedia

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    The rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), or ventromedial nucleus of the spinal cord, [1][2] is a group of neurons located close to the midline on the floor of the medulla oblongata. The rostral ventromedial medulla sends descending inhibitory and excitatory fibers to the dorsal horn spinal cord neurons. [3] There are 3 categories of neurons in ...

  9. Spinal cord - Wikipedia

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    Sectional organization of spinal cord. The spinal cord is the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system. [3] [4] Much shorter than its protecting spinal column, the human spinal cord originates in the brainstem, passes through the foramen magnum, and continues through to the conus medullaris near the second lumbar vertebra before terminating in a fibrous ...