FMA definition : Fasciculus of spinal cord, each instance of which is a group of nerve fibers in the
lateral funiculus of some spinal cord immediately external to the posterior horn,
composed in part of primary pain and temperature fibers which enter some spinal cord,
travel the distance of a few segments in the dorsolateral tract, and then synapse
in the posterior horn.;
Synonyme FMA : Posterolateral tract; Posterolateral fasciculus; Tract of Lissauer; Dorsolateral tract; Zone of Lissauer; Lissauer's tract;
Fasciculus of spinal cord, each instance of which is a group of nerve fibers in the
lateral funiculus of some spinal cord immediately external to the posterior horn,
composed in part of primary pain and temperature fibers which enter some spinal cord,
travel the distance of a few segments in the dorsolateral tract, and then synapse
in the posterior horn.