Cerebral crus
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| Cerebral crus | |
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Section through midbrain showing label for cerebral crus at lower left.
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| Latin | crus cerebri |
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| NeuroNames | hier-530 |
| NeuroLex ID | Cerebral crus |
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| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The cerebral crus (crus cerebri) is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, the plural of which is cerebral crura.
In some older texts this is called the cerebral peduncle but presently it is usually limited to just the anterior white matter portion of it.
Additional images
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Human brain frontal (coronal) section
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Atlas image: n2a2p1 at the University of Michigan Health System
- Atlas image: n1a5p3 at the University of Michigan Health System
- NIF Search - Cerebral Crus via the Neuroscience Information Framework
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