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Geniculate fibers

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Geniculate fibers
The motor tract.
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zaidi, Faisal; Todd, Krista; Enquist, Lynn; Whitehead, Mark C. (December 20, 2008). "Types of Taste Circuits Synaptically Linked to a Few Geniculate Ganglion Neurons". Journal of Comparative Neurology. 511 (6): 753–772. doi:10.1002/cne.21869. PMC 2613300. PMID 18925565.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 836 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)