reticulospinal tract

[ rĭ-tĭk′yə-lō-spī′nəl ]

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Any of several fiber tracts descending to the spinal cord from the reticular formation of the pons and medulla oblongata. Some fibers conduct impulses from the neural mechanisms regulating cardiovascular and respiratory functions to the spinal cord; others form links in extrapyramidal motor mechanisms affecting muscle tonus and somatic movement.

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Words nearby reticulospinal tract

reticuloendotheliosis, reticuloendothelium, reticulohistiocytoma, reticulopenia, reticulosis, reticulospinal tract, reticulum, reticulum cell sarcoma, retiform, retiform tissue, retin-

How to use reticulospinal tract in a sentence

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract performs different digestive functions are various different locations.
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On a 2,813-acre tract roughly 30 miles west, Washington found a Calvinist sect called the Seceders squatting on his land.
Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism|William O’Connor|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A procedure to reopen his urinary tract could have been done under local anesthesia.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s Cancer Scare|IranWire|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Please note that I made a contribution after reading the tract, i.e., I too am a hug-a-whale sort of guy.
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For Coming Soon, Gordon's initial plan was to make and then display her wreath paintings in a low-budget California tract house.
Kim Gordon: Going Solo After Sonic Youth, and Why She Identifies With ‘Girls’|Andrew Romano|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is often present in the respiratory tract under normal conditions.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Their usual source is the deeper layers of the urinary tract, especially of the bladder.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In suppurations of the urinary tract pus-producing organisms may be found.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Barclay, in his tract on "The Vertues of Tobacco," recommends its use as a medicine.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Then I ditch from the lake, and I am the proud owner of a large tract of valuable irrigated land.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton