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Descriptor English: Uncinate Fasciculus
Descriptor Spanish: Fascículo Uncinado
Descriptor fascículo uncinado
Scope note: Tracto axónico de SUSTANCIA BLANCA con forma de gancho que conecta el gancho (uncus) y el polo del LÓBULO TEMPORAL, el SISTEMA LÍMBICO y el LÓBULO FRONTAL. Inerva la AMÍGDALA DEL CEREBELO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fascículo Uncinado
Descriptor French: Faisceau unciné
Entry term(s): Fasciculus Uncinatus
Fasciculus, Uncinate
Uncinatus, Fasciculus
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.850
A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.863.712
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000083382
Scope note: A hook-shaped WHITE MATTER axon tract that connects the uncus and pole of the TEMPORAL LOBE, the LIMBIC SYSTEM and the FRONTAL LOBE. It innervates AMYGDALA proper.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nerve Fibers (1981-2020)
White Matter (2014-2020)
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
DeCS ID: 59382
Unique ID: D000083382
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Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/07
Revision Date: 2020/02/28
Uncinate Fasciculus - Preferred
Concept UI M000679091
Scope note A hook-shaped WHITE MATTER axon tract that connects the uncus and pole of the TEMPORAL LOBE, the LIMBIC SYSTEM and the FRONTAL LOBE. It innervates AMYGDALA proper.
Preferred term Uncinate Fasciculus
Entry term(s) Fasciculus Uncinatus
Fasciculus, Uncinate
Uncinatus, Fasciculus



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