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peduncle
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peduncle
1. the stalk of a plant bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
2. Anatomy a stalklike structure, esp a large bundle of nerve fibres within the brain
3. Pathol a slender process of tissue by which a polyp or tumour is attached to the body
4. Biology another name for pedicel

peduncle [′pē‚dəŋ·kəl]
(anatomy)
A band of white fibers joining different portions of the brain.
(botany)
A flower-bearing stalk.
A stalk supporting the fruiting body of certain thallophytes.
(invertebrate zoology)
The stalk supporting the whole or a large part of the body of certain crinoids, brachiopods, and barnacles.


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situated between two peduncles, as between two cerebellar peduncles.
[22] The researchers also found that the signal intensity measured within the pons and middle cerebellar peduncles was higher than for controls, and these hyperintensities were more pronounced for patients with the cerebellar types of MSA.
These structures include dorsal and ventral spinocerebellar pathways, pontine nuclei (disruption of the corticopontocerebellar pathway), and any of the three cerebellar peduncles (through which run all of the cerebellar input and output fibers).
 
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