cuneate fasciculus of spinal cord
An axon tract in the spinal cord which primarily transmits information from the forelimb and trunk. It is part of the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_fasciculus http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021959 ]
Synonyms: burdach's tract, tract of Burdach, cuneate fascicle of spinal cord, fasciculus cuneatus
Term info
- SCTID:314792006
- FMA:73941
- UMLS:C0228578 (ncithesaurus:Tract_of_Burdach)
- neuronames:1659
- NCIT:C33798
- Wikipedia:Cuneate_fasciculus
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Spinal_cord_tracts_-_English.svg
check ontology structure, isa parentage to fasciculus of spinal cord should be inferred. TODO - change definition to be the *whole* of the CF in the SC
fasciculus cuneatus medullae spinalis
cuneate fasciculus
uberon
UBERON:0005835
Cuneate fasciculus of spinal cord, cuneate fasciculus of spinal cord