HyperDic: nerve_pathway

English > 1 sense of the expression nerve pathway:
NOUNbodynerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathwaya bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
English > nerve pathway: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain.
Synonymstract, nerve tract, pathway
NarrowercommissureA bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord
optic radiation, radiatio opticaA nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex
peduncle, cerebral peduncleA bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
Broaderwhite matter, substantia albawhitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths

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