medial longitudinal fasciculus

n.

A longitudinal bundle of fibers extending from the upper border of the mesencephalon into the cervical segments of the spinal cord, composed largely of fibers from the vestibular nuclei ascending to the motor neurons innervating the external eye muscles, and descending to spinal cord segments innervating the musculature of the neck.

Words nearby medial longitudinal fasciculus

medial cutaneous nerve of calf, medial cutaneous nerve of forearm, medial forebrain bundle, medial geniculate body, medial ligament, medial longitudinal fasciculus, medial longitudinal stria, medial moraine, medial occipitotemporal gyrus, medial plantar nerve, medial pterygoid muscle