A
longitudinal bundle of thin,
unmyelinated and poorly myelinated fibres
capping the
apex of the posterior
horn of the
spinal gray matter, composed of posterior
root fibres and
short association fibres that interconnect neighboring segments of the posterior horn.
Synonym:
fasciculus dorsolateralis,
tractus dorsolateralis,
dorsolateral tract,
fasciculus marginalis, Lissauer's bundle, Lissauer's column, Lissauer's fasciculus, Lissauer's
marginal zone, Lissauer's tract,
marginal fasciculus, Spitzka's
marginal tract, Spitzka's
marginal zone, Waldeyer's tract, Waldeyer's
zonal layer.