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. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_crus ]
Synonyms: crura cerebri crus cerebri cerebral peduncle (clinical definition)
Term information
- Wikipedia:Cerebral_crus
- BTO:0004677
- MA:0001056
- FMA:72464
- MESH:D065843 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- BAMS:cp
- EMAPA:37499 (MA:th)
- EV:0100243
- NCIT:C32409
- neuronames:539 (BIRNLEX:1218)
- UMLS:C0175414 (BIRNLEX:1218)
- BIRNLEX:1218
uberon_slim
basis pedunculi (Oertel)
basis pedunculi cerebri (Willis)
pars neo-encephalica pedunculi
basis cerebri (Oertel)
crus cerebri
pes pedunculi
crus of the cerebral peduncle
base of cerebral peduncle
pes pedunculi of midbrain
pedunculus cerebri, pars basalis
cerebral peduncle, basal part
Term relations
- white matter of midbrain
- lateral structure
- part of some cerebral peduncle
- in lateral side of some midbrain