The wedge-shaped fiber bundle of white matter in the dorsomedial side of the spinal cord that is made up of the fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus; it is part of the ascending posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway that is important for well-localized fine touch and conscious proprioception. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0940780577 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0009677 ]
Synonyms: dorsal column spinal cord posterior column dorsal column of spinal cord posterior column
Term information
- NCIT:C33355
- VHOG:0001623
- Wikipedia:Posterior_column
- MBA:514
- neuronames:2681
- MA:0002749
- BAMS:dc
- EV:0100317
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