Fasciculus

(fas-ik’ ’-u-lus) [dim. of fascis, a bundle]. A little bundle, particularly of muscle-fibers. F., Cuneate, the continuation of Burdach’s column, or the posteromedian column of the spinal cord. F., Gracile, the posterior pyramid of the medulla. F., Olivary. See Fillet, Olivary. F., Posterolongitudinal, fibers connecting the corpora quadrigemina and the nuclei of the fourth and sixth nerves with the parts below. F., Solitary, fibers connecting the internal capsule and the lenticular nucleus with parts below. F. sub cal los us (of Muratoff ), a tract of long a ociation-fibers lying under the corpus callosum, and connecting the frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes. F., Uncinate, fibers connecting the frontal and the temporosphenoidal lobes. 273