Geniculate fibers
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 The motor tract. | |
The geniculate fibers are the fibers in the region of the genu of the internal capsule; they originate in the motor part of the cerebral cortex, and, after passing downward through the base of the cerebral peduncle with the cerebrospinal fibers, undergo decussation and end in the motor nuclei of the cranial nerves of the opposite side.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
Anatomy of the cerebral cortex of the human brain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Interlobar sulci/fissures |
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Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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