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| Brain: Cerebral crus | ||
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| Section through superior colliculus showing path of oculomotor nerve. | ||
| Latin | crus cerebri | |
| Gray's | subject #188 800 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-530 | |
The cerebral crus is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, the plural of which is cerebral crura.
In some older texts, it is used as a synonym for the entire cerebral peduncle, not just the anterior portion of it.
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