Anterior proper fasciculus

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Brain: Anterior proper fasciculus
Diagram of the principal fasciculi of the spinal cord. (Lateral proper fasciculus is visible at center bottom.)
Latin fasciculus anterior proprius
Gray's subject #187 760
Part of Spinal cord

The remaining fibers of the anterior funiculus constitute what is termed the anterior proper fasciculus (anterior basis bundle).

It consists of

  • (a) longitudinal intersegmental fibers which arise from cells in the gray substance, more especially from those of the medial group of the anterior column, and, after a longer or shorter course, reënter the gray substance;
  • (b) fibers which cross in the anterior white commissure from the gray substance of the opposite side.

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