Preferred Label : corticopontine fibers;
Uberon definition : Corticopontine fibers, commonly referred to as corticobulbar fibers, are projections
from the cerebral cortex to the pontine nuclei. Depending upon the lobe of origin,
they can be classified as frontopontine fibers, parietopontine fibers, temporopontine
fibers and occipitopontine fibers. They are motor fibers that stretch from the precentral
gyrus (motor strip) to the nuclei of cranial nerves V (trigenimal), VII (facial) and
XII (hypoglossal). These fibers run alongside the corticospinal fibers.;
Uberon synonym : cortico-pontine fibers; corticopontine fibers of pons; fibrae corticopontinae; cortico-pontine fibers, pontine part; corticopontine fibers set; corticopontine fibres;
Uberon related term : corticopontine fibres; corticopontine;
Origin ID : 0022271;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Corticopontine fibers, commonly referred to as corticobulbar fibers, are projections
from the cerebral cortex to the pontine nuclei. Depending upon the lobe of origin,
they can be classified as frontopontine fibers, parietopontine fibers, temporopontine
fibers and occipitopontine fibers. They are motor fibers that stretch from the precentral
gyrus (motor strip) to the nuclei of cranial nerves V (trigenimal), VII (facial) and
XII (hypoglossal). These fibers run alongside the corticospinal fibers.
