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medial longitudinal fasciculus |
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| Synonyms |
fasciculus longitudinalis medialis medial longitudinal fascicle MLF |
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| Definitions |
The medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) is a pair of crossed fiber tracts, one on each side of the brainstem. These bundles of axons are situated near the midline of the brainstem and are composed of both ascending and descending fibers that arise from a number of sources and terminate in different areas. [WP,unvetted]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002309 |
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BTO:0003951 Wikipedia:Medial_longitudinal_fasciculus ZFA:0000543 TAO:0000543 neuronames:1588 SCTID:362397001 BAMS:mlf DHBA:12764 FMA:83846 HBA:9351 MBA:62 |
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| definition |
The medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) is a pair of crossed fiber tracts, one on each side of the brainstem. These bundles of axons are situated near the midline of the brainstem and are composed of both ascending and descending fibers that arise from a number of sources and terminate in different areas. [WP,unvetted]. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Gray711.png |
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| external_definition |
The medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) is a pair of crossed fiber tracts (group of axons), that begin with in the nucleus of the MLF and run ventral to the rhombencephalic ventricle, towards the caudal end of the medulla oblongata. The dorsal portion of the MLF including the Mauthner axon continues into the spinal chord while the ventral portion of the MLF associates with other fiber systems in the funiculus ventralis prior to reaching the spinal chord. Throughout the most of its rhombencephalic extent the MLF is intersected by the ventral rhombencephalic commissure[ZFA]. |
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uberon |
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fasciculus longitudinalis medialis medial longitudinal fascicle MLF |
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UBERON:0002309 |
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| label |
medial longitudinal fasciculus |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002309 |
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| prefLabel |
medial longitudinal fasciculus |
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