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Medical Definition of External arcuate fibres
1. They include: 1) dorsal external arcuate fibres that arise from cells in the accessory or lateral cuneate nucleus and pass to the cerebellum; 2) ventral external arcuate fibres that arise from the arcuate nuclei at the base of the medulla oblongata and pass around the lateral surface of the medulla; both enter the cerebellum as components of the restiform portion of the inferior cerebellar peduncle. Synonym: fibrae arcuatae externae. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of External Arcuate Fibres
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