Transverse crural tract
Tractus cruralis transversus
Definition
The transverse crural tract is a small bundle of axons originating from the brachium of the rostral colliculus. It crosses the surface of the cerebral crus, located in the cerebral peduncle of the midbrain, anterior to the oculomotor nerve, and terminates in a nucleus situated medial to the substantia nigra. Axons from this nucleus then project to the oculomotor nucleus and the tectum.
References
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
