Cerebral crus
| Cerebral crus | |
|---|---|
 Section through midbrain showing label for cerebral crus at lower left. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | crus cerebri |
| MeSH | D065843 |
| NeuroNames | 539 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1218 |
| TA98 | A14.1.06.005 A14.1.09.259 |
| TA2 | 5880 |
| FMA | 72464 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The cerebral crus is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, the plural of which is cerebral crura.
In some older texts, it is used as a synonym for the entire cerebral peduncle, not just the anterior portion of it.
Additional images
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Human brain frontal (coronal) section
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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
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 800 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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