See Also: nucleus gracilis(medicine)
tubercle of nucleus gracilis(medicine)
nucleus funiculi gracilis(medicine)
nucleus fasciculi gracilis(medicine)
gracilis(dictionary)
Gracilis(medicine)
fasciculus gracilis(medicine)
funiculus gracilis(medicine)
musculus gracilis(medicine)
Euglena gracilis(medicine)

impressionist (oh) and nucleus gracilis (medicine)


impressionist (oh)



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nucleus gracilis (medicine)


nucleus gracilis -->
gracile nucleus


The medial one of the three nuclei of the dorsal column, the remaining two being the cuneate nucleus and the accessory cuneate nucleus, which corresponds to the clava; it receives dorsal-root fibres conveying sensory innervation of the leg, and lower trunk, and projects, by way of the medial lemniscus, to the ventral nucleus posterior nucleus of the thalamus.

Synonym: nucleus gracilis, nucleus fasciculi gracilis, nucleus funiculi gracilis, nucleus of Goll.