Olivospinal tract

Olivospinal tract
Olivospinal tract
	Olivospinal tract is 2d, in red at bottom left.
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Identifiers
Latin	tractus olivospinalis
TA98	A14.1.02.213 ; A14.1.02.223
FMA	73992
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated October 12, 2025

The olivospinal tract had been described as a tract arising in the inferior olivary nucleus of the medulla oblongata to descend in the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord and modulate the activity of spinal anterior grey column motor neurons. Its existence is now strongly doubted.^[1]

References

↑ Snell, Richard S. (2010). Clinical Neuroanatomy (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7817-9427-5.

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[1] Snell, Richard S. (2010). Clinical Neuroanatomy (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7817-9427-5.

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