Cerebral crus

Cerebral crus
Brain: Cerebral crus
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Section through midbrain showing label for cerebral crus at lower left.
Latin crus cerebri
Gray's subject #188 800
NeuroNames hier-530
NeuroLex ID birnlex_1218

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.

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  • Human brain frontal (coronal) section

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eHuman brain: mesencephalon (midbrain) (TA A14.1.06, GA 9.800)
Tectum
(Dorsal)
Surface
White: Sensory/ascending
White: Motor/descending
Peduncle
(Ventral)
White: Sensory/ascending
lemnisci (Medial, Lateral) · Ascending MLF (Vestibulo-oculomotor fibers) · Spinothalamic tract · Anterior trigeminothalamic tract · Dentatothalamic tract
White: Motor/descending
Grey: other
Base
White: Motor/descending
Surface

M: CNS

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