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pathway

DEFINITIONS OF: pathway

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n a trodden path

Synonyms:
footpath
Type of:
path
a way especially designed for a particular use

n a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

Synonyms:
nerve pathway, nerve tract, 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
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