Medical Definition of Peduncular loop

1. A complex fibre bundle curving around the medial edge of the internal capsule and connecting the anterior part of the temporal lobe (temporal cortex), amygdala, and olfactory cortex with the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus; it enters the thalamus as a component of the inferior thalamic peduncle which also contains a major part of the fibres connecting the mediodorsal nucleus to the orbitofrontal cortex. Synonym: peduncular ansa, peduncular loop, Reil's ansa. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peduncular Loop

pedreros
pedro
pedros
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
peds
peduncle
peduncle
peduncled
peduncles
peduncle of corpus callosum
peduncle of flocculus
peduncle of mamillary body
peduncular
peduncular
peduncular ansa
peduncular loop (current term)
peduncular veins
pedunculata
pedunculate
pedunculate
pedunculated
pedunculated
pedunculated hydatid
pedunculated polyp
pedunculated polyp
pedunculate oak
pedunculomamillary fasciculus
pedunculotomy
pedunculus
pedunculus cerebellaris inferior

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