Cerebral crus
Encyclopedia
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.
Cerebral peduncle
Mainly, the three common areas that give rise to the cerebral peduncles are the cortex, the spinal cord and the cerebellum. The cerebral peduncle, by most classifications, is everything in the mesencephalon except the tectum. The region includes the midbrain tegmentum, crus cerebri and pretectum...
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.
External links
- NIF Search - Cerebral Crus via the Neuroscience Information FrameworkNeuroscience Information FrameworkThe Neuroscience Information Framework is a repository of global neuroscience web resources, including experimental, clinical, and translational neuroscience databases, knowledge bases, atlases, and genetic/genomic resources.-Description:...