nerve tract

/nərv trækt/

Other forms: nerve tracts

Definitions of nerve tract

1. noun

   a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
   synonyms: nerve pathway, pathway, tract

   types:

   optic radiation, radiatio optica

   a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex

   commissure

   a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord

   cerebral peduncle, peduncle

   a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain

   corpus callosum

   a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

   type of:

   substantia alba, white matter

   whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths