One of the dorsal column nuclei, the cuneate nucleus is a wedge-shaped nucleus in the closed part of the medulla oblongata. It contains cells that give rise to the cuneate tubercle, visible on the posterior aspect of the medulla. It lies laterally to the gracile nucleus and medial to the spinal trigeminal nucleus in the medulla. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_nucleus ]
Synonyms: burdachs nucleus cuneate Burdach's nucleus
Term information
- neuronames:767 (BIRNLEX:2640)
- BAMS:Cu
- SCTID:369072005
- BAMS:CU
- Wikipedia:Cuneate_nucleus
- MBA:711
- EMAPA:35268
- BM:Me-Cu
- HBA:9542
- BIRNLEX:2640
- UMLS:C0587939 (BIRNLEX:2640)
- FMA:68465
- UMLS:C0228548 (ncithesaurus:Cuneate_Nucleus)
- MA:0001035
- DHBA:12589
- NCIT:C52716
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nucleus cuneatus
cuneate nucleus of the medulla
nucleus cuneatus medialis
nucleus restiformis
cuneate nucleus (Burdach)