Olivospinal tract
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| Olivospinal tract | |
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| Olivospinal tract is 2d, in red at bottom left. | |
| Latin | tractus olivospinalis |
| Gray's | subject #185 761 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | t_15/12816380 |
The olivospinal fasciculus (Helweg) arises in the vicinity of the inferior olivary nucleus in the medulla oblongata, and is seen only in the cervical region of the medulla spinalis, where it forms a small triangular area at the periphery, close to the most lateral of the anterior nerve roots.
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