Infobox Brain Name Solitary tract Latin tractus solitarius medullae oblongatae GraySubject 187 GrayPage 785 Image Gray695.png Caption Transverse section of medulla oblongata below the middle of the olive. Fasciculus solitarius labeled at upper right. Image2 Gray700.png Caption2 The formatio reticularis of the medulla oblongata, shown by a transverse section passing through the middle of the olive. 15 is fasciculus solitarius IsPartOf Components Artery Vein Acronym BrainInfoType hier BrainInfoNumber 782 MeshName MeshNumber NeuroLex Solitary tract NeuroLexID birnlex 1483 DorlandsPre t 15 DorlandsSuf 12817166 The solitary tract lang la tractus solitarius is a compact fiber bundle that extends longitudinally through the posterolateral region of the Medulla oblongata medulla . The solitary tract is surrounded by the nucleus of the solitary tract , and descends to the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord . Composition The solitary tract is made up of primary sensory fibers and descending fibers of the Vagus nerve vagus , glossopharyngeal nerve glossopharyngeal , and facial nerve s. Function The solitary tract conveys afferent information from stretch receptors and chemoreceptors in the walls of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and intestinal tracts. Afferent fibers from cranial nerves facial nerve 7 , glossopharyngeal nerve 9 and vagus nerve 10 convey taste special visceral afferent SVA in its rostral portion, and general visceral sense general visceral afferent fibers GVA in its caudal part. Taste bud s in the mucosa of the tongue can also generate impulses in the Anatomical terms of location Directional terms rostral regions of the solitary tract. The efferent fibers are distributed to the solitary tract nucleus. Synonyms There are numerous synonyms for the solitary tract round fasciculus Latin fasciculus rotundus solitary fasciculus Latin fasciculus solitarius solitary ... www.emedicine.com asp dictionary.asp?keyword solitary tract isbn 0 7817 3390 1 page 2011 Rhombencephalon ... more details
Barind Tract alternately called the Varendra Tract in English language English and Varendra Bhumi in Bengali language Bengali is the largest Pleistocene era Geomorphology pysiographic unit in Bangladesh and the Bengal Basin . It covers most of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh Dinajpur , Rangpur District Rangpur , Pabna District Pabna , Rajshahi District Rajshahi , Bogra District Bogra , and Jaipurhat District Joypurhat districts of Rajshahi Division . It is fragmented, being made up of several separate sections in the northeastern part of the country, covering a total area of approximately 7,770 km of mostly old alluvium . On the eastern edge of the tract is a lower Fault geology fault escarpment . Through the fault Trough geology troughs run the little Jamuna River Bangladesh Jamuna , Atrai River Atrai and Lower Punarbhaba River Punarbhaba rivers. To the west, the main area is tilted up, and to the east this area is tilted downwards. ref name banglapedia cite web url http banglapedia.search.com.bd HT B 0309.htm title Barind Tract publisher banglopedia.com accessdate 2007 08 19 ref The climate of the tract differs from that of much of India , in that more extreme temperature variations ranging from 45 degrees Celsius down to five degrees Celsius are encountered there. It is divided into three units The Recent Alluvial Fan, the Barind Pleistocene, and the Recent Floodplain. These are divided by long, narrow bands of recent alluvium . ref http www.sdnpbd.org sdi international days wed 2006 bangladesh naturalres dryland.htm SDNPBD Bangladesh drylands ref See also Madhupur tract Geology of Bangladesh Footnotes reflist External links http banglapedia.search.com.bd Maps MB 0309.GIF Map of Barind Tract showing the separate areas coord 24.8 N 88.7 E display title Category Bangladesh geography stubs Category Geography of Bangladesh Bangladesh geo stub ... more details
Infobox Brain Name Dentatothalamic tract Latin tractus dentatothalamicus GraySubject GrayPage Image Caption Image2 Caption2 IsPartOf Components Artery Vein BrainInfoType hier BrainInfoNumber 525 MeshName MeshNumber NeuroLex Dentatothalamic tract NeuroLexID birnlex 1104 DorlandsPre DorlandsSuf The dentatothalamic tract or dentatorubrothalamic tract is a tract which connects the dentate nucleus and the thalamus while sending collaterals to the red nucleus . ref http pathology.mc.duke.edu neuropath nawr motor systems.html Motor Systems Bot generated title ref The term dentatorubrothalamocortical is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex . ref name pmid2305412 cite journal author Boiten J, Lodder J title Ataxic hemiparesis following thalamic infarction journal Stroke volume 21 issue 2 pages 339 40 year 1990 month February pmid 2305412 doi url ref See also Portal Neuroscience red nucleus cerebellothalamic tract References Reflist External links cite journal author Krauss JK, Wakhloo AK, Nobbe F, Tr nkle R, Mundinger F, Seeger W title Lesion of dentatothalamic pathways in severe post traumatic tremor journal Neurol. Res. volume 17 issue 6 pages 409 16 year 1995 month December pmid 8622792 doi url http www.neuinfo.org nif nifgwt.html?query 22Dentatothalamic 20Tract 22 NIF Search Dentatothalamic Tract via the Neuroscience Information Framework http isc.temple.edu neuroanatomy lab atlas papc Cerebellum Mesencephalon Diencephalon Neural tracts Category Nervous system neuroanatomy stub ... more details
The Jones Tract is an island containing Lower Jones Tract and the Upper Jones Tract in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta in San Joaquin County, California , fifteen kilometres west of Stockton, California Stockton . The convert 4900 ha abbr on island is bounded on the north by Empire Cut , on the northeast by Whiskey Slough , on the southeast by Trapper Slough , and on the west, Middle River California Middle River . The tracts are bifurcated by the parallel running Mokelumne Aqueduct , the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Achison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad , and West Lower Jones Road. 2004 levee failure On 3 June 2004, the Upper Jones Tract levee near Woodward Island California Woodward Island failed, inundating the entire island with more than convert 150000 acre.ft m3 abbr on of water. The island, which lies 3 metres below sea level, required three weeks to repair the breach, and an additional five months for de watering after the pumps were shut down on 18 December 2004. ref cite journal author Michael Mierzwa and Bob Suits work Methodology for Flow and Salinity Estimates in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh 26th Annual Progress Report page page 3 2 title Chapter 3 Jones Tract 2004 Levee Break DSM2 Simulation publisher California Department of Water Resources date October 2005 accessdate 2009 09 25 ref See also List of islands of California References references External links gnis 236893 Upper Jones Tract gnis 227773 Lower Jones Tract coord 37.937158 121.486473 region US CA type isle display title NOTOC Category Islands of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Category Islands of San Joaquin County, California SanJoaquinCountyCA geo stub ... more details
unreferenced date April 2009 Image WNY5.PNG thumb The Triangle Tract The Triangle Tract was 87,000 acre 352 km parcel of land abutting the Mill Yard Tract portion of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in western New York State in the United States USA . It was created due to a surveyor s error in locating the west boundary of The Mill Yard Tract. In 1788, Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham , both of Massachusetts , purchased all of Massachusetts pre emptive right to 6,000,000 acres 24,300 km in western New York State. This is roughly all territory west of Seneca Lake New York Seneca Lake from Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border, and all the way west to the Niagara River and Lake Erie . Massachusetts acquired this right under the Treaty of Hartford in 1786, when Cinnicanittie and New York settled their claims to the western New York area. The purchase of the pre emptive right merely meant that Phelps and Gorham had the right to pre empt anyone else from obtaining title to all 6,000,000 acres 15,2366km . To actually claim ownership, they would have to extinguish the Native Americans in the United States Indian title. Phelps and Gorham immediately began negotiations with the various Indian tribes inhabiting western New York. By legislative act Laws and Res. 1788 89, c. 23, p. 35 , approved November 21, 1788, the commonwealth of Massachusetts granted to Phelps and Gorham the land which had been conveyed to it under the Treaty of Hartford . The various tribes, however, were unwilling ... agreed on a tract of land west of the Genesee, running south from Lake Ontario approximately 24 ... 746 km . This became known as the Mill Yard Tract . However, when the Mill Yard Tract was surveyed ... acre 352 km triangular tract that was not Phelps and Gorhams but rather part of lands acquired by Robert ... Tract thus became part of the Morris Reserve . coord missing New York Category Former regions and territories of the United States Category History of New York Triangle Tract ... more details
the dorsal horn layer VII Subdivisions of the tract The tract is divided into ref Siegel, Allan, and Hreday ... Region of Innervation Dorsal spinocerebellar tract dorsal posterior spinocerebellar tract from muscle ... spinocerebellar tract ventral anterior spinocerebellar tract from Golgi organ golgi tendon organs Ipsilateral Caudal Aspect of the body and legs cuneocerebellar tract from muscle spindle primarily and golgi tendon organs Ipsilateral arm rostral spinocerebellar tract from Golgi organ golgi tendon organs ... of the ventral spinocerebellar tract instead form synapses with neurons in layer VII of L4 S3. Most ... the tract is sometimes termed the double crosser. The Rostral Tract synapses at the dorsal horn lamina ... more details
nerve nuclei nuclei . This is in contrast to the corticospinal tract in which the cerebral cortex .... The corticobulbar tract innervates cranial motor nuclei bilaterally with the exception of the lower ... than ipsilaterally is observed. The corticobulbar tract directly innervates the nuclei for cranial ... longitudinal fasciculus . The corticobulbar tract also contributes to the motor regions of nerves ... more details
Infobox Anatomy Name Iliopubic tract Latin tractus iliopubicus GraySubject 118 GrayPage 419 Image Gray545.png Caption Femoral sheath laid open to show its three compartments. Image2 Caption2 System Precursor MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre a 57 DorlandsSuf 12149692 The iliopubic tract is a thickened band of fibers curving over the External iliac vessels disambiguation external iliac vessel s, at the spot where they become femoral, on the abdominal side of the inguinal ligament s and loosely connected with it. It is apparently a thickening of the transversalis fascia joined laterally to the iliac crest, and arching across the front of the femoral sheath to be inserted by a broad attachment into the pubic tubercle and pectineal line pubis pectineal line , behind the inguinal falx . In some subjects this structure is not very prominently marked, and not infrequently it is altogether wanting. It can be of clinical significance in hernia repair . ref cite journal author Teoh L, Hingston G, Al Ali S, Dawson B, Windsor J title The iliopubic tract an important anatomical landmark in surgery journal J Anat volume 194 Pt 1 pages 137 41 pmid 10227675 year 1999 pmc 1467901 ref References reflist External links http www.vesalius.com graphics archive archtn.asp?VID 418&nrVID 278 Iliopubic Tract Hernia Repair Images at vesalius.com Gray s Category Abdomen muscle stub ... more details
and prolonged effects of Lissauer tract stimulation on dorsal horn cells journal Pain volume 83 issue ... During a complete occlusion of the ventral artery of the spinal cord , it is the only tract spared ... deficits seen in pernicious anemia . Eponym The tract of Lissauer was named after German neurologist ... more details
contradiction Hmm date January 2011 Infobox Anatomy Name Spinotectal tract Latin t. spinotectalis GraySubject 185 GrayPage 762 Image Gray669.png Caption Diagram showing a few of the connections of afferent sensory fibers of the posterior root with the efferent fibers from the ventral column and with the various long ascending fasciculi. Spinotectal fasciculus labeled at bottom right. Image2 Gray672.png Caption2 Diagram of the principal fasciculi of the spinal cord. Spinotectal fasciculus labeled at bottom left. System Precursor MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre t 15 DorlandsSuf 12817240 The spinotectal tract spinotectal fasciculus arises in the anterolateral column and terminate in the Inferior colliculus inferior and Superior colliculus superior colliculi. It is situated ventral to the lateral spinothalamic fasciculus , but its fibers are more or less intermingled with it. It is also known as the spino quadrigeminal system of Mott . In the brain stem the fibers run lateral from the inferior olive , ventro lateral from the superior olive, then ventro medial from the spinal tract of the trigeminal the fibers come to lie in the medial portion of the lateral lemniscus . See also Tectospinal tract External links http sky.bsd.uchicago.edu lcy ref synap touch.html Diagram and overview at uchicago.edu neuroscience stub Gray s Spinal cord Mesencephalon Neural tracts Category Nervous system ... more details
The seminal tract is a part of the male reproductive system and consists of Seminiferous tubules Tubuli seminiferi recti , Rete testis , Efferent ducts , Epididymis Appendix of the epididymis Appendix , Vas deferens Vas deferens Ampulla of ductus deferens Ampulla and Ejaculatory duct Ejaculatory duct . male reproductive system genitourinary stub Category Male reproductive system ... more details
Infobox Anatomy Name Olivospinal tract Latin tractus olivospinalis GraySubject 185 GrayPage 761 Image Medulla spinalis tracts English.svg Caption Olivospinal tract is 2d, in red at bottom left. Image2 Caption2 System Precursor MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre t 15 DorlandsSuf 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 . External links BrainInfo ancil 973 eMedicineDictionary olivospinal fibers Gray s Neural tracts Spinal cord Category Motor system Category Brainstem neuroscience stub pl Droga oliwkowo rdzeniowa ... more details
The hypothalamospinal tract connects the thalamus to the ciliospinal center of the intermediolateral cell column in the spinal cord T1, T2 . It is found in the dorsolateral quadrant of the lateral funiculus , in the lateral tegmentum of the medulla , pons and midbrain . Lesions of the hypothalamospinal tract cause ipsilateral Horner s syndrome . ref James D. Fix. High Yield Neuroanatomy 4th Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. pp. 63 64. ref Lesions of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery PICA lead to the so called lateral medullary syndrome , with ipsilateral Horner s Syndrome as the result of lesioning this nucleus. Reflist Category Neuroanatomy Category Brainstem Category Central nervous system pathways Category Efferents ... more details
Elko Tract is a 2,220 acre 9 km tract of land in Henrico County, Virginia . It is considered one of Virginia Virginia s most well known ghost town s due to its history as a decoy airfield during World ... General George B. McClellan occupied a third line of defense that included part of the Elko Tract ... Robert E. Lee . A month later, during the Seven Days Battles June 26 July 1, 1862 , the Elko Tract saw ... to retreat to Malvern Hill . World War II The history of the Tract prior to World War II is unremarkable ... that of Richmond, Virginia Richmond . Richmond sat nearby to the west of the tract. It is widely ..., the lights would come up on Elko Tract roads built in roughly the same pattern as the city, and a false ... time that Elko Tract was mentioned in local media for several decades. A 1955 approach plate for the real ... the mid 1990s, Elko Tract was a largely ignored piece of land. The existing infrastructure including ... and young adults in the area. There are accounts from the time of people being met in the Tract by men ... in the case of nuclear attack. More reasonable speculation is that Elko Tract served as a training ... Peary in Williamsburg, VA. Recent history The land that makes up Elko Tract was eventually sold ... owned land. Since 1996, a piece of the northwest section of the Tract has been the home of a semiconductor plant for Infineon Technologies . A 2002 trip into the tract was interrupted by a security ... of the Elko Tract, a large portion of the original 1953 infrastructure construction is still in place ... Elko Tract infrastructure, however, is threatened by the increased interest in commercial development in the Tract. It has been reported that in 2004 the Virginia National Guard had been performing field exercises in the Tract. The surrounding area is a collection of upscale neighborhoods such as White ... A 1994 article on Elko Tract possible theories on the 1960s and 1970s use http www.thewag.net divertissements ... from inside the Tract http maps.google.com maps?ll 37.486768, 77.237921&spn 0.014420,0.020707&t k&hl ... more details
POV date October 2011 Image TractQuakerExtractsShillitoe1820.jpg thumb 150px right Quaker tract of 1820 A tract is a literature literary work , and in current usage, usually religious in nature. The notion of what constitutes a tract has changed over time. By the early part of the 21st century, these meant small pamphlets used for religious and political purposes, though far more often the former. They are often either left for someone to find or handed out. However, there have been times in history ... s invention. Image CIM Gospel Tract.jpg thumb left 200px A Gospel tract Who date October 2011 printed ... based Religious Tract Society . ref http www.ne.se jsp search article.jsp?i sect id 330356&i history ... and they still are today. In America, the American Tract Society distributed vast quantities of tracts ... traffic. This tract was left under a vehicle windshield wiper . The publishing of tracts for religious purposes has continued unabated, with many evangelical tract ministries Who date October 2011 ... Tract Society has continuously published literature of this type since 1825. anchor JW Watch Tower By the late ... Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania Zion s Watch Tower Tract Society were distributing ... was the first of many tracts written by Jack Chick . Later Chick tract s followed the pattern vivid ... News Network Million Dollar Bill Tract Seizure Million Dollar Bill , which caused a legal controversy in June 2006. Most Christian tract ministries operate as non profit faith organizations, some ... these is Fellowship Tract League, which has printed 3.5 billion Gospel tracts since 1978, available ... reaching tract from this era is Common Sense pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine . Tracts were ... also Image TractPhiladelphiaQuakerPage12Shillitoe1820.jpg thumb right 150px Page from a tract by Thomas ... External links DEFAULTSORT Tract Literature Category Books by type Category Documents Category Activism by method Category Religious literature fr Tract simple Tract fi Traktaatti kirjallisuus sv Traktat ... more details
Portal Anglicanism Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty Nine Articles , better known as Tract 90 , was a theological pamphlet written by the English theologian and churchman John Henry Newman and published in 1841 . It is the most famous and the most controversial of the Tracts for the Times produced by the first generation of the Anglo Catholic Oxford Movement . In Tract 90 , Newman engaged in a detailed examination of the 39 Articles , suggesting that the negations of the 39 Articles a key doctrinal standard for the Church of England were not directed against the authorized creed of Roman Catholics, but only against popular errors and exaggerations. Newman s reasoning had predecessors in the writings of Francis a Sancta Clara and William Palmer theologian William Palmer M , although Newman claimed to have been ignorant of Palmer s contemporary treatise In XXXIX Articulos . The purpose of Tract 90 , in common with so many others in the series, was to establish the contention that the fundamental Ecclesiology ecclesiological identity of the Church of England was Catholic rather than Protestant . Its author John Henry Newman , a major figure in the Anglo Catholic movement in Oxford , later changed his position, finding the tenets of the Oxford Movement untenable, and converted to the Roman Catholic faith where he was later elevated to Cardinal Catholicism Cardinal . Tract 90 is divided into the following sections Introduction. 1. Holy Scripture and the Authority of the Church. 2. Justification by Faith only. 3. Works before and after Justification. 4. The Visible Church. 5. General Councils. 6. Purgatory, Pardons, Images, Relics, Invocation of Saints. 7. The Sacraments. 8. Transubstantiation. 9. Masses. 10. Marriage of Clergy. 11. The Homilies. 12. The Bishop of Rome. Conclusion. External links http anglicanhistory.org tracts tract90 fulltext.html The full text of Tract 90 http anglicanhistory.org tractarianism beasley examination1842.html An Examination of No. 90 ... more details
infobox historic subdivision Name Huron Tract HQ Canada Company at York , Upper Canada . Later at Goderich ... Treaty Huron Tract Purchase work atlas.nrcan.gc.ca accessdate August 9, 2010 ref Status Negotiated with the Chippewas of Chenail Ecarte, the Ausable River, and St. Clair River for this tract. Start July 10, 1827 End December 1953 Code CodeName Huron Tract Purchase . ref name Atlas of Canada cite web ... image view title Map of the Area of the 10 July 1827 Treaty Huron Tract Purchase accessdate August ... Tract work stjosephmuseum.ca st joseph story accessdate Sept 01, 2010 ref DivisionsMap Image Map Image HuronTract.JPG 150px Huron Tract Purchase area, located in southern Ontario, highlighted in yellow ... display title The Huron Tract Purchase also known as the Huron Block, registered as Crown Treaty Number ..., Ontario in the Province of Ontario . The Huron Tract was purchased by the Canada Company, an agent ... it the Huron Tract . ref name Huron Country cite web url http www.huroncounty.ca library assess preambl2.htm title What was the Huron Tract? accessdate September 17, 2010 ref The Canada Company was the administrative agent for the Huron Tract. An Act of Parliament in 1825 incorporated the Canada Company with the Huron Tract settlement objective as its primary goal. ref name Settlement of the Huron Tract Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars, In the days of the Canada Company The story of the settlement of the Huron Tract and a view of the social life of the period, 1825 1850. Toronto William Briggs ... in December 1953. ref name Canada Company. The administration of the Huron Tract demonstrates ... of the Huron Tract, the Canada Company and the Family Compact being almost synonymous until ... left Crest of the Anishinaabe people First Nation people of the Huron Tract Image PaulKane RiverScene ... tract of land known as the Huron Tract. The Chippewas of Chenail Ecarte, the Ausable River, and St. Clair River negotiated with John Askin, then Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for this tract. Image ... more details
The vocal tract is the cavity in human beings and in animals where sound that is produced at the sound source larynx in mammals syrinx biology syrinx in birds is filtered. Image Sagittalmouth.png thumb 400px Sagittal plane Sagittal section of human vocal tract In birds it consists of the Vertebrate trachea trachea , the Syrinx biology syrinx , the oral cavity, the upper part of the esophagus , and the beak . In mammals it consists of the laryngeal cavity , the pharynx , the oral cavity, and the nasal cavity. The estimated average length of the vocal tract in adult male humans is 16.9 cm and 14.1 cm in adult females. ref Goldstein, U.G. 1980 An articulatory model for the vocal tracts of growing children. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. ref See also Language Parrot a bird able to Talking birds imitate human speech but without comprehension, with the possible exception of African Grey Parrot s Speech Synthesis Manner of articulation References references anatomy stub Category Head and neck Category Human voice de Vokaltrakt et K netrakt fa fr Canal vocal gv Cassan y ghoo id Sistem vokal he ku Riya deng la Meatus vocis hu Toldal kcs nl Spraakkanaal ja ru fi nt v yl sv Ansatsr ret zh ... more details
Other uses Tract disambiguation The tract Latin language Latin tractus is part of the proper liturgy proper of the liturgy liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations , which is used instead of the Alleluia during Lent en or Septuagesima pre Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions, when the joyousness of an Alleluia is deemed inappropriate. Tracts are not, however, necessarily sorrowful. The name apparently derives from either the drawn out style of singing or the continuous structure without a refrain . There is evidence, however, that the earliest performances were sung responsorially, and it is probable that these were dropped at an early age. In their final form, tracts are a series of psalm verses rarely a complete psalm, but all of the verses from the same psalm. They are restricted to only two musical mode modes , the second and the eighth. The melodies follow centonization patterns more strongly than anywhere else in the repertoire a typical tract is almost exclusively a succession of such formulas. The cadence music cadence s are nearly always elaborate melisma s. Tracts with multiple verses are some of the longest chants in the Liber Usualis . References Hoppin, Richard. Medieval Music. New York Norton, 1978. Pages 129 130. Mass CatholicMass collapsed Lutheran Divine Service Category Structure of the Mass de Tractus fr Trait liturgie it Tratto messa nl Tractus liturgie pl Tractus ru sk Tractus spev fi Tractus ... more details
The Horc n Tract is a small tract of land that was north of the Rio Grande , including the city of Rio Rico, Tamaulipas . In July 1906, however, the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company constructed a cutoff to force the river into a straighter channel. As a result, the 413 acres on which the city of Rio Rico, Tamaulipas R o Rico is situated came to be located south of the river. The company was eventually taken to court and fined for the diversion of the river, but neither country resolved the issue of territorial rights. The United States never formally relinquished title to the land, since international law dictates that only natural changes of a river s course can transfer territory over time, however, R o Rico came to be administered by the Mexican government. In 1972 the United States officially ceded the tract of land to the Republic of Mexico. ref name tshaonline cite web date 2009 url http www.tshaonline.org handbook online articles RR hrr53.html title Rio Rico, Texas format publisher Handbook of Texas accessdate April 10, 2012 last McDonald, Laurier B. quote ref Persons born while it was a territory may be eligible for benefits in the U.S. coord 26 03 22 N 97 53 24 W type city region US TX display title Category Geography of Mexico Mexico geo stub References Reflist ... more details
Refimprove date December 2008 Nofootnotes date December 2008 Infobox Brain Name Olfactory tract Latin tractus olfactorius GraySubject 189 GrayPage 826 Image Gray732.png Caption Scheme of rhinencephalon . Olfactory tract visible at left. Image2 Caption2 IsPartOf Components Artery Vein Acronym BrainInfoType hier BrainInfoNumber 265 MeshName MeshNumber NeuroLex Olfactory tract NeuroLexID birnlex 1663 DorlandsPre t 15 DorlandsSuf 12817042 The olfactory tract is a bundle of axons connecting the Olfactory bulb mitral cell mitral and tufted cells of the olfactory bulb to several target regions in the brain, including piriform cortex , amygdala , and entorhinal cortex . It is a narrow white band, triangular on coronal section , the apex being directed upward. It lies in the olfactory sulcus on the inferior surface of the frontal lobe , and divides posteriorly into two stri , a medial olfactory stria and a lateral olfactory stria . Additional images gallery Image Gray516.png The arteries of the base of the brain. Image Gray567.png Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right half of the skull, and the brain. Image Gray724.png Base of brain. Image Gray772.png Plan of olfactory neurons. Image Gray780.png The pterygopalatine ganglion and its branches. Image Human brainstem anterior view 2 description.JPG Human brainstem anterior view Image Head olfactory nerve.jpg Olfactory nerve gallery External links UMichAtlas n1a2p13 YaleCranialNerves 1 4 RocheLexicon 13048.000 1 http www.thebrain.mcgill.ca flash a a 01 a 01 cr a 01 cr ana a 01 cr ana.html Diagram at thebrain.mcgill.ca Gray s Cerebral limbic system Olfactory system Category Neuroanatomy Category Olfactory system neuroscience stub ... more details
The retinohypothalamic tract is a photic input pathway involved in the circadian rhythms of mammal s. ref name pmid11713469 cite journal author Gooley JJ, Lu J, Chou TC, Scammell TE, Saper CB title Melanopsin in cells of origin of the retinohypothalamic tract journal Nat. Neurosci. volume 4 issue 12 pages 1165 year 2001 pmid 11713469 doi 10.1038 nn768 ref The origin of the retinohypothalamic tract is the photosensitive ganglion cell intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells ipRGC , which contain the photopigment melanopsin . The axons of the ipRGCs belonging to the retinohypothalamic tract project directly, monosynaptically, to the suprachiasmatic nuclei via the optic nerve and the optic chiasm . ref from the retina to the optic chiasm, the ipRGC axons follow the same path as the axons of regular retinal ganglion cell RGCs i.e. RGCs that are not intrinsically photosensitive ref ref cite book last Afifi first A.K. last2 Bergman first2 R.A. title Functional Neuroanatomy url http www.mhprofessional.com product.php?cat 116&isbn 0071408126&cat 116 format paperback edition 2nd date 2005 01 28 publisher McGraw Hill isbn 9780071408127 page 271 doi 10.1036 0071408126 ref The suprachiasmatic nuclei receive and interpret information on environmental light, dark and day length, important in the entrainment chronobiology entrainment of the body clock . They can coordinate peripheral clocks and direct the pineal gland to secrete the hormone melatonin . References reflist Category Eye Category Sleep physiology Category Circadian rhythms biology stub nl Tractus retinohypothalamicus ... more details
Image Donation Tract Ohio .png thumb The Donation Tract lies in southern Ohio 450px The Donation Tract was a land tract in southern Ohio that was established by the Congress late in the 18th century to buffer Ohio Company of Associates Ohio Company lands against Indigenous peoples of the Americas Indians . Congress gave convert 100 acre km2 adj on lots to men who settled on the land. This marked the first time that federal land was given without charge to specified settlers, predating the more famous Homestead Act of 1862 by seventy years. Background The Ohio Company of Associates , also known as the Ohio Company , was a land company that was formed on March 3, 1786, by General Rufus Putnam , Benjamin Tupper , Samuel Holden Parsons and Manasseh Cutler , who had met in Boston, Massachusetts to discuss the settlement of the territory around the Ohio River . They convinced Congress to sell the company a tract at the confluence of the Muskingum River and the Ohio River . Settlement began at the newly formed town of Marietta, Ohio in April 1788. Indians objected to this incursion on their homeland, leading to the Northwest Indian War War of 1790 . ref name officialohio cite book title The Official Ohio Lands Book last Knepper first George W year 2002 publisher http www.auditor.state.oh.us The Auditor of the State of Ohio page 30 url http www.auditor.state.oh.us Publications General OhioLandsBook.pdf ref Most of the troops in Fort Harmar , near Marietta, were transferred to Fort Washington ... thumb The Donation Tract is the green area in the upper right 450px The Ohio Company petitioned ... male of at least 18 years of age who settled on the land. ref name ohiosub The Donation Tract ... land surveying sections . That part of the tract that was not conveyed by the Company to settlers ... officialohio ref name ohiosub After settlement of the Donation Tract, the Ohio Company did not suffer ... Donation Tract Ohio History Central Donation Tract coord 39 33 55 N 81 34 40 W display title Ohio Lands ... more details
No footnotes date May 2010 euromericas The Welsh Tract , also called the Welsh Barony , was a portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania settled largely by Welsh language Welsh speaking Quakers . It covers 40,000 acres 160 km to the west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia . The original settlers, led by John Roberts, negotiated with William Penn in 1684 to constitute the Tract as a separate county whose local government would use the Welsh language , since many of the settlers spoke no English. Notwithstanding this agreement, by the 1690s the land had already been partitioned into different counties, despite appeals from the Welsh settlers, and the Tract never gained self government. History The Roberts and other Welsh families became influential in the area, through the building of mills and the eventual introduction of the railroad. It is the railroad that gives the best known part of the area its current name the Pennsylvania Main Line Main Line , referring to the main track of the now defunct Pennsylvania Railroad . After the American Civil War , 104 Welsh families from this region migrated to Knoxville, Tennessee , establishing a strong Welsh presence there. Today The area is now part of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery , Chester County, Pennsylvania Chester , and Delaware County, Pennsylvania Delaware counties. Many towns in the area still bear Welsh names. Some, such as North Wales, Pennsylvania North Wales , Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania Lower ... comprised the Welsh Tract were subsequently given Welsh names. Among these were Gladwyne, Pennsylvania ... Mawr, Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr , formerly Humphreysville which was renamed in 1869 . A second Welsh Tracttract of thirty thousand acres was granted to Welsh by William Penn in 1701. It included what is now ... of the Tract http members.macconnect.com users d dalex Pages Welsh Tract.html A briefer history http www.lowermerionhistory.org photodb web html3 022 1.html Photograph of the indenture creating the Tract ... more details
citesources date June 2009 Infobox Anatomy Name Iliotibial tract Latin tractus iliotibialis GraySubject 128 GrayPage 468 Image Posterior Hip Muscles 3.PNG Caption Iliotibial tract. Image2 Caption2 Precursor System Artery Vein Nerve Lymph MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre t 15 DorlandsSuf 12817010 The iliotibial tract or iliotibial band a.k.a. Maissiat s band, IT Band is a longitudinal fibrous reinforcement of the fascia lata . The action of the ITB and its associated muscles is to flex, abduct, and medially rotate the hip. In addition, the ITB contributes to lateral knee stabilization. During knee extension the ITB moves anterior, while knee flexion moves the ITB posterior. It is attached to the anterolateral iliac tubercle portion of the external lip of the iliac crest and to the lateral condyle of tibia lateral condyle of the tibia . The figure shows only the proximal part of the iliotibial tract. The part of the iliotibial band which lies beneath the tensor fasciae latae muscle tensor fasci lat is prolonged upward to join the lateral part of the capsule of the hip hip joint . The gluteus maximus muscle and the tensor fasciae latae muscle tensor fasciae latae insert upon the tract. Clinical significance It stabilizes the knee both in extension and in partial flexion, and is therefore used constantly during walking and running. In leaning forwards with slightly flexed knee the tract is the main support of knee against gravity. Iliotibial band syndrome Iliotibial Band Syndrome ITBS or ITBFS, for Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome is a common thigh injury generally associated with running . It can also be caused by cycling or hiking . It is usually developed by people who suddenly increase their level of activity, such as runners who increase their mileage. Other risk factors for ITBS include gait abnormalities such as Foot type Overpronation overpronation , leg length discrepancies, or Genu varum bow leggedness . ITB Syndrome is an overuse condition of the distal ITB ... more details
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