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VVentral funiculusentral funiculus


Ventral horn
motoneurons

Ventral horn
motoneurons

Ventral horn
interneurons

Ventral horn
interneurons

Intermediate
interneurons

Intermediate
interneurons

Dorsal root
bifurcation zone

Fasciculus gracilis

Dorsal root
collateralization zone

Dorsal funiculus


Dorsal


horn


Dorsal


horn


Substantia
gelatinosa

Substantia
gelatinosa

Lateral


funiculus


Lateral


funiculus


Lamina ILamina I

Laminae
IV-V

Laminae
IV-V

Dorsal root

lower
trunk?

lower
trunk?

lower
trunk?

lower
trunk?

hip?hip?

hip?hip?

hip and
thigh?

hip and
thigh?

thigh
and leg?

thigh
and leg?
thigh
and leg?

thigh
and leg?
thigh?thigh?

ankle?ankle?

ankle and
foot?

ankle and
foot?
foot?foot? foot?foot?

Lissauer's
tract

Lissauer's
tract

Central canal
surrounded by ependyma

Central canal
surrounded by ependyma

Dorsal median septum

Ventral white
commissure

Ventral white
commissure

Ventral gray
commissure

Ventral gray
commissure

Ventral
median fissure

Central
autonomic
area

Central
autonomic
area

See the matched myelin stained section in Plates 116A and B


Refer to the matching myelin stained section for the approximate
locations of the lateral corticospinal tract, the lateral reticulospi-
nal, vestibulospinal, intraspinal, and spinocephalic tracts.

PLATE 117B

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