lemniscus

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A bundle of nerve fibers that carry touch and sound signals to the brain

noun
/lɛmˈnɪskəs/

Specialized

: lemnisco

Damage to the lemniscus can impair the transmission of sensory information to the thalamus.

Examples

For example, you have nuclei in the lateral lemniscus, the pathway going up to the inferior colliculus.
The lemniscus carries sensory signals from the body to the thalamus in the brain.
But if they're all called trigeminal lemniscus, you can see them.
Researchers studied the lemniscus to understand how sensory information is processed.

Synonyms

fillet

vslemniscus

Specialized

9.9

A bundle of nerve fibers that carries touch signals to the brain

is specific to pathways transmitting sensory information to the thalamus

Surface Forms

lemniscus singular

lemnisci plural

Etymology

The word lemniscus comes from an old Greek word lemniskos, which means 'ribbon' or 'band'. So a lemniscus is a ribbon-like bundle of nerve fibers that carries touch and hearing signals to the thalamus.