page_title: Cerebral crus
hierarchical_section_title: Cerebral crus
caption_attribution_description: This is a section in the transverse plane through the human midbrain at the level of the superior colliculus, showing the rough path of each nervus oculomotorius from its nucleus toward the eye. The front of the head is near the bottom of the picture.
context_page_description: The cerebral crus is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, travelling from the cerebral cortex to the pons and spine. The plural of which is cerebral crura. It forms the majority of the basis pedunculi in the midbrain.
  In some older texts this is called the cerebral peduncle but presently it is usually limited to just the anterior white matter portion of it.
context_section_description: The cerebral crus (crus cerebri) is the anterior portion of the cerebral peduncle which contains the motor tracts, travelling from the cerebral cortex to the pons and spine. The plural of which is cerebral crura. It forms the majority of the basis pedunculi in the midbrain.
  In some older texts this is called the cerebral peduncle but presently it is usually limited to just the anterior white matter portion of it.
caption: Obtuse section (perpendicular to the brainstem) through the superior colliculus showing label for cerebral crus at lower left.
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