Corticopontine fibres
Tractus corticopontinus
- Related terms: Corticopontine tract
Definition
Corticopontine fibers are projections from the cerebral cortex to the pontine nuclei.
Depending upon the lobe of origin, they can be classified as frontopontine fibers, parietopontine fibers, temporopontine fibers or occipitopontine fibers.
References
This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org
