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. 2018 Nov 6;12:94. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00094

Table 1.

Synonyms and translation of the terms used to describe the main associated fascicles, adapted from Swanson (2015) Neuroanatomical terminology—A lexicon of Classical Origins and Historical Foundations.

General name and definition Earlier synonyms and/or translation
Cingulum (Cing)
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    tenia tecta (Reil, 1809), Latin form of the term in German, bedeckten Bänder, used by Reil; also translated in English as covered band (Mayo, 1823);

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    lateral longitudinal striae (Meckel, 1817);

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    fillet of the great commissure (Mayo, 1823);

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    peripheral part of the fornix (Arnold, 1838);

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    external fornix (Arnold, 1838);
External capsule (EC)
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    capsula externa (Burdach, 1822), original Latin form of the EC first clearly illustrated by Vesalius (1543);

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    corporis striati limbus anterior (Willis, 1672);

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    exterior smaller medullary tract of the anterior process of the medulla oblongata (Vieussens, 1684);

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    medullary capsule of the lentiform nucleus (Arnold, 1838);
Inferior fronto-occipital fascicle (IFOF)
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    inferior longitudinal fascicle (Trolard, 1906);
Inferior longitudinal fascicle (ILF)
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    fasciculus longitudinalis inferior (Burdach, 1822), original Latin form of the ILF, perhaps first clearly delineated by Reil (1809);

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    longitudinal fascicle arising from the inferior part of the corona radiata (Arnold, 1838);

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    temporo-occipital fasciculus (Trolard, 1906);
Superior longitudinal fascicle—Arcuate fascicle (SLF/AF)
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    intermediate white matter (Reil, 1809), first description of a macrodissected adult human SLF; in the original German, intermediäre Marksubstanz;

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    arcuate fasciculus (Burdach, 1822);

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    longitudinal striae of Reil (Rolando, 1831);

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    lateral longitudinal striae (Rolando, 1831);

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    superior longitudinal commissure (Solly, 1836);

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    longitudinal fascicle of the corona radiata (Arnold, 1838);
Uncinate fascicle (UF)
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    unciform fascicle (Reil, 1809), first description of a macrodissected adult human UF; in the original German, haakenförmige Markbundel;

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    fasciculi unciformes (Burdach, 1822);

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    hamular fasciculus (Mayo, 1823);

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    white nucleus of the Sylvian fossa (Treviranus and Treviranus, 1816–1821);

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    anteromedial arch (Rolando, 1831);

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    olfactory arch (Rolando, 1831);