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tracts of origin in telencephalon (pair)

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Short English equivalent
Short official Latin term
8520 tax
tracts of origin in telencephalon (pair)
tractus originis telencephali (par)
7615 tax
radices centrales telencephali (par)
6371 tax
olfactory fila (pair)
fila olfactoria (par)
77626 6197 tax
olfactory tract (pair)
tractus olfactorius (par)
260714 7616 tax
tractus associationis originis telencephali (par) ; tractus associationis cerebri (par)
260717 6274 tax
short association fibres; U-fibres ▲
fibrae associationis breves; fibrae U-figuratae
77630 6273 tax
long association fibres ▲
fibrae associationis longae
14223 tax
superior longitudinal system (pair)
systema longitudinale superius (par)
77631 6272 tax
superior longitudinal fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus longitudinalis superior (par)
9484 tax
superior longitudinal fasciculus I (pair) ; subcomponent I (pair)
fasciculus longitudinalis superior I (par)
9485 tax
superior longitudinal fasciculus II (pair) ; subcomponent II (pair)
fasciculus longitudinalis superior II (par)
9486 tax
superior longitudinal fasciculus III (pair) ; subcomponent III (pair)
fasciculus longitudinalis superior III (par)
11829 tax
frontooccipital fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus frontooccipitalis (par)
77634 6277 tax
(superior occipitofrontal fasciculus (pair) )
(fasciculus occipitofrontalis superior (par) )
276650 6269 tax
arcuate fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus arcuatus (par)
14203 tax
inferior longitudinal system (pair)
systema longitudinale inferius (par)
18480 tax
inferior frontooccipital fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus frontooccipitalis inferior (par)
77636 6275 tax
uncinate fasciculus of brain (pair)
fasciculus uncinatus cerebri (par)
77633 6276 tax
(inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus (pair) )
(fasciculus occipitofrontalis inferior (par) )
14215 tax
middle longitudinal system (pair)
systema longitudinale medium (par)
14222 tax
middle longitudinal fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus longitudinalis medius (par)
14216 tax
basal longitudinal system (pair)
systema longitudinale basale (par)
77632 6271 tax
inferior longitudinal fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus longitudinalis inferior (par)
14217 tax
mesial longitudinal system (pair)
systema longitudinale mesiale (par)
260761 6270 tax
girdle (pair)
cingulum (par)
14218 tax
anterior transverse system (pair)
systema transversum anterius (par)
9510 tax
frontal oblique fasciculus (pair) ; frontal aslant tract (pair)
fasciculus frontalis obliquus (par)
14219 tax
posterior transverse system (pair)
systema transversum posterius (par)
83457 11830 tax
vertical temporoparietal fasciculus (pair) ; temporoparietal aslant tract (pair)
fasciculus temporoparietalis verticalis (par)
14220 tax
lobar association fibres ▲
fibrae associationis lobares
9511 tax
frontal orbitopolar fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus frontalis orbitopolaris (par)
9512 tax
frontomarginal fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus frontomarginalis (par)
6278 tax
occipital vertical fasciculi (pair)
fasciculi occipitales verticales (par)
6279 tax
lateral fibres (pair)
fibrae laterales (par)
6280 tax
caudal fibres (pair)
fibrae caudales (par)
6281 tax
occipital horizontal fasciculi (pair)
fasciculi occipitales horizontales (par)
6282 tax
cuneate fibres (pair)
fibrae cuneatae (par)
6283 tax
lingual fibres (pair)
fibrae linguales (par)
62076 9508 tax
temporal peduncle (pair)
pedunculus temporalis (par)
8522 tax
tractus commissurales originis telencephali (par) ; tractus commissurales cerebri (par)
86464 6077 tax
corpus callosum
corpus callosum
6285 tax
fibres of corpus callosum (pair)
fibrae corporis callosi (par)
77693 6085 tax
radiation of corpus callosum (pair)
radiatio corporis callosi (par)
61944 6086 tax
lesser forceps (pair) ; frontal forceps (pair)
forceps minor (par) ; forceps frontalis (par)
61949 6087 tax
major forceps (pair); occipital forceps (pair)
forceps major (par) ; forceps occipitalis (par)
77208 6088 tax
tapetum (pair)
tapetum (par)
61961 5799 tax
anterior commissure (pair)
commissura anterior (par)
61963 6089 tax
anterior part of anterior commissure (pair)
pars anterior commissurae anterioris (par)
61964 6090 tax
posterior part of anterior commissure (pair)
pars posterior commissurae anterioris (par)
13172 tax
commissural tracts of hippocampus (pair)
tractus commissurales hippocampi (par)
61970 6286 tax
hippocampal commissure (pair); psalterium (pair)
commissura hippocampi (par) ; psalterium (par)
8523 tax
long tracts of origin in telencephalon (pair) ; long tracts of origin in cerebrum (pair)
tractus longi originis telencephali (par) ; tractus longi originis cerebri (par)
8524 tax
tractus descendentes originis telencephali
9544 tax
corticostriatal fibres (pair)
fibrae corticostriatales (par)
61960 6267 tax
extreme capsule (pair)
capsula extrema (par)
77637 9509 tax
subcallosal bundle (pair)
fasciculus subcallosus (par)
327039 8525 tax
corticothalamic fibres (pair)
fibrae corticothalamicae (par)
72634 8526 tax
pyramidal tract (pair)
tractus pyramidalis (par)
11831 tax
capsular part (pair)
pars capsularis (par)
5588 tax
mesencephalic part (pair)
pars mesencephalica (par)
14242 tax
rhombencephalic rostral part (pair) ; pontine part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica rostralis (par) ; pars pontina (par)
5289 tax
rhombencephalic caudal part (pair) ; bulbar part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica caudalis (par) ; pars bulbaris (par)
72633 5293 tax
decussation of pyramids (pair); motor decussation (pair)
decussatio pyramidum (par); decussatio motoria (par)
14254 tax
spinal part (pair)
pars spinalis (par)
265586 8527 tax
corticospinal tract (pair)
tractus corticospinalis (par)
6250 tax
capsular part (pair)
pars capsularis (par)
5589 tax
mesencephalic part (pair)
pars mesencephalica (par)
5434 tax
rhombencephalic rostral part (pair) ; pontine part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica rostralis (par) ; pars pontina (par)
5290 tax
rhombencephalic caudal part (pair) ; bulbar part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica caudalis (par) ; pars bulbaris (par)
265592 14256 tax
spinal part (pair)
pars spinalis (par)
72636 8530 tax
anterior corticospinal tract (pair) ; ventral corticospinal tract (pair)
tractus corticospinalis anterior (par) ; tractus corticospinalis ventralis (par)
73959 5208 tax
spinal part of anterior corticospinal tract (pair)
pars spinalis tractus corticospinalis anterioris (par)
72635 8531 tax
lateral corticospinal tract (pair)
tractus corticospinalis lateralis (par)
14257 tax
corticomesencephalic tract (pair)
tractus corticomesencephalicus (par)
5624 tax
corticomesencephalic fibres (pair)
fibrae corticomesencephalicae (par)
72419 6261 tax
corticotectal fibres (pair)
fibrae corticotectales (par)
6256 tax
occipitotectal fibres (pair)
fibrae occipitotectales (par)
14258 tax
capsular part (pair)
pars capsularis (par)
14259 tax
mesencephalic part (pair)
pars mesencephalica (par)
9196 tax
corticorubral tract (pair)
tractus corticorubralis (par)
75235 6249 tax
capsular part (pair)
pars capsularis (par)
11907 tax
mesencephalic part (pair)
pars mesencephalica (par)
8528 tax
corticoreticular tract (pair)
tractus corticoreticularis (par)
75202 6248 tax
capsular part (pair)
pars capsularis (par)
75202 5596 tax
mesencephalic part (pair)
pars mesencephalica (par)
5436 tax
rhombencephalic rostral part (pair) ; pontine part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica rostralis (par) ; pars pontina (par)
5292 tax
rhombencephalic caudal part (pair) ; bulbar part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica caudalis (par) ; pars bulbaris (par)
12525 tax
corticonuclear tract (pair)
tractus corticonuclearis (par)
75222 6245 tax
capsular part (pair)
pars capsularis (par)
75219 5603 tax
mesencephalic part (pair)
pars mesencephalica (par)
75214 5435 tax
rhombencephalic rostral part (pair) ; pontine part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica rostralis (par) ; pars pontina (par)
5291 tax
caudal rhombencephalic part (pair)
pars rhombencephalica caudalis (par)
224856 12543 tax
corticopontine tracts (pair)
tractus corticopontini (par)
75223 6243 tax
frontopontine tract (pair)
tractus frontopontinus (par)
8532 tax
frontopontine fibres (pair)
fibrae frontopontinae (par)
8533 tax
occipitoparietotemporopontine tract (pair)
tractus occipitoparietotemporopontinus (par)
8534 tax
occipitopontine fibres (pair)
fibrae occipitopontinae (par)
8535 tax
parietopontine fibres (pair)
fibrae parietopontinae (par)
8536 tax
temporopontine fibres (pair)
fibrae temporopontinae (par)
13173 tax
angular bundle (pair)
fasciculus angularis (par)
9395 tax
perforating tract (pair)
tractus perforans (par)
84379 6193 tax
descending peduncular fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus peduncularis descendens (par)
8538 tax
tractus proprii hippocampi (par) ; tractus intrinsici hippocampi (par)
9396 tax
mossy fibres of hippocampus (pair)
neurofibrae muscosae hippocampi (par)
9397 tax
axonal collaterals of proper hippocampus (pair)
collaterales axonales hippocampi proprii (par)
8539 tax
endfolial pathway (pair)
via endofolialis (par)
9398 tax
hilar axonal collaterals of proper hippocampus (pair)
collaterales axonales hilares hippocampi proprii (par)
9331 tax
tractus descendentes hippocampi (par) ; tractus descendentes originis hippocampi (par)
83867 6156 tax
alveus (pair)
alveus hippocampi (par)
83866 6075 tax
fimbria (pair)
fimbria hippocampi (par)
61965 6091 tax
fornix (pair)
fornix (par)
61969 6095 tax
crus of fornix (pair)
crus fornicis (par)
61968 6094 tax
body of fornix (pair)
corpus fornicis (par)
61968 5798 tax
column of fornix (pair)
columna fornicis (par)
61967 8540 tax
precommissural fornix (pair)
fornix precommissuralis (par)
75251 6092 tax
precommissural fibres of fornix (pair)
fibrae precommissurales fornicis (par)
62062 8541 tax
postcommissural fornix (pair)
fornix postcommissuralis (par)
75252 6093 tax
postcommissural fibres of fornix (pair)
fibrae postcommissurales fornicis (par)
8542 tax
tractus descendentes amygdalae (par)
61974 6111 tax
stria terminalis (pair)
stria terminalis (par)
8543 tax
amygdalostriatal fibres (pair)
fibrae amygdalostriatales (par)
8544 tax
ventral amygdalofugal bundle (pair)
fasciculus amygdalofugalis ventralis (par)
8126 tax
amygdalotegmental fibres (pair)
fibrae amygdalotegmentales (par)
9147 tax
tractus originis nuclei basalis (par)
11868 tax
intrinsic tracts of origin in basal nuclei
tractus proprii originis nuclei basalis; tractus intrinsici originis nuclei basalis
62469 6223 tax
lateral medullary layer (pair) ; external medullary layer (pair)
lamina medullaris lateralis (par) ; lamina medullaris externa (par)
62470 6225 tax
medial medullary layer (pair) ; internal medullary layer (pair)
lamina medullaris medialis (par) ; lamina medullaris interna (par)
8348 tax
descending tracts of origin in basal nuclei (pair)
tractus descendentes originis nuclei basalis (par)
8546 tax
striatopallidal fibres (pair)
fibrae striatopallidales (par)
8118 tax
striatonigral fibres (pair)
fibrae striatonigrales (par)
62070 5874 tax
ansa lenticularis (pair)
ansa lenticularis (par)
61976 5875 tax
lenticular fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus lenticularis (par)
62065 5890 tax
thalamic fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus thalamicus (par)
77525 5888 tax
subthalamic fasciculus (pair)
fasciculus subthalamicus (par)
8122 tax
pallidofugal fibres (pair)
fibrae pallidofugales (par)
8547 tax
pallidosubthalamic fibres (pair)
fibrae pallidosubthalamicae (par)
8548 tax
pallidothalamic fibres (pair)
fibrae pallidothalamicae (par)
8549 tax
pallidohabenular fibres (pair)
fibrae pallidohabenulares (par)
8550 tax
pallidonigral fibres (pair)
fibrae pallidonigrales (par)
8551 tax
pallidotegmental fibres (pair)
fibrae pallidotegmentales (par)
140 lines
56.4 %
64.3 %
Scientific notes
UID
Libelle of note
6267
The Capsula extrema (Extreme capsule) forms one of the Long association systems involved in language processing (see Catani M, Thiebaut de Schotten M 2012 Atlas of Human Brain Connections. Oxford University Press, Oxford).
6269
Although in the Fasciculus arcuatus (Arcuate fasciculus) three segments (anterior, long and posterior) were distinguished (Cayani M, Jones DK, ffytche DH 2005 Perisylvian language pathways. Ann Neurol 57:8-16), more recent research showed that the anterior segment belongs to the superior longitudinal fasciculus and the posterior segment is in reality separate and was renamed Fasciculus temporoparietalis verticalis (temporoparietal vertical or aslant tract), leaving the long segment as the true arcuate fasciculus (Fernandez-Miranda JC, Wang Y, Pathak S, et al. 2015 Asymmetry, connectivity, and segmentation of the arcuate fascicle in the human brain. Brain Struct Funct 220:3665-3680)
6272
The Fasciculus longitudinalis superior (Superior longitudinal fasciculus) appears to be composed of three bundles (SLFI-III or Superior, Middle and Inferior; Makris N, Kennedy DN, McInerney S, et al. 2005 Segmentation of subcomponents within the superior longitudinal fascicle in humans: A quantitative, in vivo, DT-MRI study. Cereb Cortex 15:854-869) as in monkeys (Schmahmann JD, Pandya DN 2006 Fiber Pathways of the Brain. Oxford University Press, New York; Thiebaut de Schotten M, Dell'Acqua F, Valabreque R, Catani M 2012 Monkey to human comparative anatomy of the frontal lobe association tracts. Cortex 48:82-96).
6273
Here, the new nomenclature for the long association fibres of the cerebrum is advocated as proposed by Mandonnet E, Sarubbo S, Petit L (2018 The nomenclature of human white matter association pathways: Proposal for a systematic taxonomic anatomical classification. Front Neuroanat 12:94).
6274
The Fibrae U-figuratae (U-shaped fibres) were first described by Meynert (1872), and replaced the term Fibrae arcuatae cerebri (Arnold 1838) that became obsolete.
6278
Recently, the Fasciculus temporoparietalis verticalis (Temporoparietal aslant tract) was demonstrated, replacing the vertical segment of the arcuate fasciculus (Panesar SS, Belo JT, Yeh F-C, Fernandez-Miranda JC 2019 Structure, asymmetry, and connectivity of the human temporo-parietal asland and vertical occipital fasciculi. Brain Struct Funct 224:907-923; see also 6273).
6286
(Commissura hippocampi): The old term Psalterium has been added; much in use by clinicians; for a study on the cells of origin of commissural connections of the monkey hippocampal formation, see Amaral DG, Insausti R, Cowan WM (1984) The commissural connections of the monkey hippocampal formation. J Comp Neurol 224:307-336.
8539
The Via endofolialis (Endfolial pathway) is composed of Hilar Schaffer collaterals from CA3h (see Lim C, Mufson EJ, Kordower JH, et al. 1997 Connections of the hippocampal formation in humans. II. The endfolial pathway. J Comp Neurol 385:352-371).
9508
The Pedunculus temporalis (Temporal peduncle) forms the connection between the temporal and frontal lobes and contains: (1) the Fasciculus occipitofrontalis inferior (Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus); and (2) the Fasciculus uncinatus cerebri (Uncinate fasciculus).
9509
The Fasciculus subcallosus (Subcallosal fasciculus or Bundle of Muratoff; Muratoff W 1893 Secundäre Degenerationen nach Durchschneidung des Balkens. Neurol Centralbl 12:714-729) forms a separate bundle of Corticostriatal fibres (see Schmahmann JD, Pandya DN 2007 The complex history of the fronto-occipital fasciculus. J Hist Med 16:362-377).
9510
The Fasciculus frontalis obliquus (Frontal aslant tract or Frontal oblique tract) connects the SMA and pre-SMA with the opercular part of the Inferior frontal gyrus (Catani M, Dell'Acqua F, Vergani F, et al. 2012 Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain. Cortex 48:273-291).
Signature
Type of list P3F
List Unit Identifier 8520
Sublist 1 7615 radix centralis telencephali 8/3 on 15.4.2018
Sublist 2 7616 tractus associationis telencephali 104/35 on 2.4.2025
Sublist 3 8522 tractus commissuralis telencephali 33/12 on 14.3.2020
Sublist 4 8524 tractus descendens originis telencephali 149/50 on 2.4.2025
Sublist 5 8538 tractus proprius hippocampi 14/5 on 15.4.2018
Sublist 6 8542 tractus descendens amygdalae 14/5 on 15.4.2018
Sublist 7 9147 tractus originis nucleorum basalium 50/17 on 15.4.2018
Sublist 8 9331 tractus descendens hippocampi 32/11 on 15.4.2018
Subtotals subchildren 404 subunits 138
Proper children 13
Number of children 417 (validated)
Proper units 2
Number of units 140 (validated)
Signature 22311 (validated since 2.4.2025)
Date: 05.04.2025