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| Brain: Cerebral crus | ||
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| Section through midbrain showing label for cerebral crus at lower left. | ||
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| Latin | crus cerebri | |
| Gray's | subject #188 800 | |
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| Artery | ||
| Vein | ||
| BrainInfo/UW | hier-530 | |
| MeSH | [1] | |
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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External links[]
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich n2a2p1
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich n1a5p3
- NIF Search - Cerebral Crus via the Neuroscience Information Framework
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