nerve pathway

Synonyms:

nerve tract, pathway, tract

Types:

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optic radiation, radiatio optica

a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex

commissure

a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord

cerebral peduncle, peduncle

a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain

corpus callosum

a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

Type of:

substantia alba, white matter

whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths