Commissural fiber

Commissural fiber
Brain: Commissural fiber
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Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane.
Latin fibra commissuralis, fibrae commissurales telencephali
Gray's subject #189 843
NeuroNames ancil-221
Code TA A14.1.00.017

The commissural fibers or transverse fibers connect the two hemispheres of the brain. They include:

In contrast to commissural fibers, association fibers connect regions within the same hemisphere of the brain. Projection fibers connect the lobe to other parts of the brain and the spinal cord.

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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 As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.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 · eHistology: nervous tissue (TA A14, GA 9.849, TH H2.00.06, H3.11)
CNS
General
Grey matter · White matter (Projection fibers · Association fiber · Commissural fiber · Lemniscus · Funiculus · Fasciculus · Decussation · Commissure) · meninges

Myelination: Oligodendrocyte

Astrocyte (Radial glial cell) · Ependymal cells (Tanycyte) · Microglia
Other
PNS
General
Posterior (Root, Ganglion, Ramus) · Anterior (Root, Ramus) · rami communicantes (Gray, White) · Autonomic ganglion (Preganglionic nerve fibers · Postganglionic nerve fibers)
Neurons/
nerve fibers
Parts
Types
Termination
Synapse

M: CNS

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M: PNS

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v · d · eHuman brain, cerebrum, Interior of the cerebral hemispheres, white matter: commissural fibers and septum (TA A14.1.09.241–271, 569–571, GA 9.828, 838–840)
Corpus callosum

Genu · Splenium · Tapetum · Rostrum

Archicortex: Indusium griseum
Lamina terminalis
Fornix
Septum pellucidum
Septal nuclei (Medial septal nucleus, Subfornical organ) · Cave of septum pellucidum

M: CNS

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