A long process of a CNS neuron, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body in the superior colliculus of the midbrain towards target cells in the ventral spinal cord[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectospinal_tract ]

Synonyms: tectospinal pathway Held's bundle

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Term information

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0228553 (BIRNLEX:759)
  • BAMS:ts
  • DMBA:17802
  • FMA:72620
  • DHBA:12794
  • BIRNLEX:759
  • Wikipedia:Tectospinal_tract
  • BM:TSp
  • BAMS:tsp
  • neuronames:786 (BIRNLEX:759)
  • MBA:877
  • HBA:265505662
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
tractus tectospinalis [ NeuroNames:2769 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectospinal_tract ]

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Gray670.png

external ontology notes

NIF and FMA differ in placement (spinal cord vs medulla)

has related synonym

tectospinal pathway

tectospinal tract

tectospinal tract of the medulla

tractus tectospinalis

id

UBERON:0002949