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pedunculus

SYN: pedicle (2). [Mod. L. dim. of pes, foot]

- p. cerebellaris inferior [TA] SYN: inferior cerebellar peduncle.

- p. cerebellaris medius [TA] SYN: middle cerebellar peduncle.

- p. cerebellaris superior [TA] SYN: superior cerebellar peduncle.

- p. cerebri [TA] SYN: cerebral peduncle.

- p. corporis callosi SYN: subcallosal gyrus.

- p. corporis mammillaris SYN: peduncle of mammillary body.

- p. flocculi [TA] SYN: peduncle of flocculus.

- p. of pineal body habenula (2).

- p. thalami inferior SYN: inferior thalamic peduncle.

- p. thalami lateralis SYN: lateral thalamic peduncle.

- p. thalami ventralis SYN: ventral thalamic peduncle.

- p. vitellinus obsolete term for yolk stalk.

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pe·dun·cu·lus (pə-dungґku-ləs) pl. pedunґculi [L.] peduncle; a stemlike part, especially a collection of nerve fibers that courses between different areas in the central nervous system.

Medical dictionary. 2011.