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cuneate

[kyoo-nee-it, -eyt] / ˈkju ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


ADJECTIVE
triangular
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In addition to sensory nerves going up, there are pathways from sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex going down to the cuneate nucleus.

From Scientific American May 16, 2022

In fact, cuneate neurons showed patterns of activity that were more similar to those in the brain’s cerebral cortex neurons than they were to the patterns in nerve fibers.

From Scientific American May 16, 2022

To make matters worse, the cuneate nucleus is nestled in the brain stem, surrounded by vital brain regions that, if damaged, can lead to death.

From Scientific American May 16, 2022

Clearly, the cuneate nucleus is a far more interesting brain region than it has been given credit for.

From Scientific American May 16, 2022

Finely pubescent and roughish, 3–7° high; leaves sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, triply-nerved above, the broadly cuneate base, serrulate; scales loose, attenuate, mostly 6–8´´ long, hairy.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa




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