Projection fiber

The projection fibers consist of efferent and afferent fibers uniting the cortex with the lower parts of the brain and with the spinal cord. In human neuroanatomy, bundles of axons (nerve fibers) called tracts, within the brain, can be categorized by their function into association fibers, projection fibers, and commissural fibers.[1]

Projection fiber
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LatinFibrae projectionis
NeuroNames1218
TAA14.1.00.018
FMA76745
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Efferent

The principal efferent fibers are:

Afferent

The chief afferent fibers are:

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 843 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Standring, Susan (2005). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (39th ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 411. ISBN 9780443071683. The nerve fibres which make up the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres are categorized on the basis of their course and connections. They are association fibres, which link different cortical areas in the same hemisphere; commissural fibres, which link corresponding cortical areas in the two hemispheres; or projection fibres, which connect the cerebral cortex with the corpus striatum, diencephalon, brain stem and the spinal cord.


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