arcuate fibers
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Related to arcuate fibers: Projection fibers, Commissural fibers, Arcuate fasciculus, Association fibers
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nervous or tendinous fibers passing in the form of an arch from one structure to (usually) an immediately adjacent structure, such as gyri in the cerebral cortex. See: arcuate fibers of cerebrum, external arcuate fibers, internal arcuate fibers.
ar·cu·ate fi·bers
(ahrk'yū-ăt fī'bĕrz)Nervous or tendinous fibers passing in the form of an arch from one part to another.