vestibulospinal tract
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Related to vestibulospinal tract: reticulospinal tract, medial vestibulospinal tract, Lateral Vestibulospinal Tract, Tectospinal tract, Spinocerebellar tract
vestibulospinal tract
[və¦stib·yə·lə′spīn·əl ‚trakt] (anatomy)
A tract of nerve fibers that originates principally from the lateral vestibular nucleus and descends in the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord.
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