Corticopontine fibers
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| Brain: Corticopontine fibers | ||
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| Coronal section through mid-brain. | ||
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| Latin | fibrae corticopontinae, tractus corticopontinus | |
| Gray's | subject #191 862 | |
| Part of | ||
| Components | ||
| Artery | ||
| Vein | ||
| BrainInfo/UW | ancil-375 | |
| MeSH | [1] | |
Corticopontine fibers connect the voluntary impulses from the cerebral cortex to the pons.
These fibers probably terminate in relation with association neurons which control the coördinated action of all the eye muscles.
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