Olivospinal tract

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Olivospinal tract
Olivospinal tract is 2d, in red at bottom left.
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Identifiers
Latintractus olivospinalis
TA98A14.1.02.213
A14.1.02.223
FMA73992
Anatomical terminology

The olivospinal fasciculus (Helweg) was thought to arise in the vicinity of the inferior olivary nucleus in the medulla oblongata, and was thought to be seen only in the cervical region of the medulla spinalis, where it forms a small triangular area at the periphery, close to the most lateral of the anterior nerve roots. Its existence is now strongly doubted.[1]

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 761 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ Clinical neuroanatomy, 7th edition, Richard S. Snell

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