name gracile_fasciculus_of_spinal_cord namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent part_of_spinal_cord parent neural_pathway annotationRemark [] dka organNo [] 25436 label [med] Fasciculus gracilis medullae spinalis nameGermanSynonym [] comment [en] The fasciculus gracilis (tract of Goll) is a bundle of axon fibres in the dorsomedial spinal cord that carries information about fine touch, vibrations, and conscious proprioception from the lower part of the body to the brain stem. It is part of the posterior column of the spinal cord, which also contains the fasciculus cuneatus, which carries the same information from the upper part of the body. This tract and its continuation in the brain stem is often referred to as the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway. The fasciculus gracilis is wedge-shaped on transverse section and lies next the posterior median septum, its base being at the surface of the medulla spinalis, and its apex directed toward the posterior gray commissure. It increases in size from below upward, and consists of long thin fibers that are derived from the posterior nerve roots, and ascend as far as the medulla oblongata, where they end in the nucleus gracilis. label [de] Goll-Strang label [en] gracile fasciculus of spinal cord nameMedicineSynonym [] Tractus gracilis medullae spinalis speciesNo [] 86 comment [de] Die schlankere mediale Leitungsbahn des Hinterstrangs des Rückenmarks, leitet Impulse der epikritischen Sensibilität der unteren Extremitäten. ACC [] cy0030485 nameEnglishSynonym [] Goll's column, Goll's tract, gracile tract leadsInto thalamus hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glioblast hasCell astrocyte hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glial_cell_of_central_nervous_system isPartOf posterior_funiculus_of_spinal_cord leadsInto cuneate_nucleus isPartOf white_matter