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Mucoraceae (medicine) and nucleus fastigii (medicine)


Mucoraceae (medicine)


Mucoraceae


A family of fungi (class Zygomycetes) comprised of terrestrial, aquatic, and sometimes parasitic organisms; includes the genera Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, and Mortierella. Although the various species of the four genera are ordinarily saprobic, free-living forms, some of them cause zygomycosis (mucormycosis) in humans.

Origin: L. Mucor, mold


nucleus fastigii (medicine)


nucleus fastigii -->
fastigial nucleus


The most medial of the cerebellar nuclei, lying medial to the interpositus nucleus, near the midline, in the white matter underneath the vermis of the cerebellar cortex. It receives the axons of Purkinje cells from all parts of the vermis. Its major projection is to the vestibular nuclei and medullary reticular formation.

Synonym: nucleus fastigii, fastigatum, nucleus tecti, roof nucleus, tectal nucleus.