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tractus vestibulospinalis (medicine) and nightshade family (sh)


tractus vestibulospinalis (medicine)


tractus vestibulospinalis -->
vestibulospinal tract


A somatopically organised fibre bundle originating from the lateral vestibular nucleus (nucleus of Deiters) which descends uncrossed into the anterior funiculus of the spinal cord lateral to the anterior median fissure; the tractus extends throughout the length of the cord, distributing fibres at all levels to the medial part of the anterior horn. Excitatory impulses conveyed by the vestibulospinal tract increase extensor muscle tone.

Synonym: tractus vestibulospinalis, deiterospinal tract.


nightshade family (sh)




Family Solanaceae, composed of at least 2,400 species of flowering plants in about 95 genera.

Though found worldwide, the nightshades are most abundant in tropical Latin America. Many are economically important as Food or medicinal plants. Among the most important are the potato, eggplant, tomato, Garden pepper, tobacco, and many Garden ornamentals, including the petunia. The medicinally significant nightshades are potent sources of such alkaloids as nicotine, atropine, and scopolamine; they include deadly nightshade (belladonna), jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), henbane, and mandrake. The genus Solanum contains almost half the species in the family. The species usually called nightshade in North America and England is S. dulcamara, also called bittersweet and woody nightshade.