Glossary M

Glossary M

Media is defined as all forms of public communication, such as television, radio, etc.

Media fetish refers to a fetish whose object is anything made of a particular substance, like leather.

Medial means located toward the midline, away from the side; toward the middle/midline, away from the side.

Medial corticospinal tract refers to set of axons from many parts of the cerebral cortex, midbrain, and medulla, descending in the medial part of the spinal cord, responsible for bilateral control of trunk muscles

Medial epicondylitis is defined as an elbow problem associated with the medial wrist flexor and pronator group near their origin on the medial epicondyle. Medial epicondylitis is frequently referred to as Golfer's elbow.

Medial geniculate nucleus is defined as an auditory nucleus in the thalamus that is part of the pathway from the cochlea to the auditory cortex. The Medial geniculate nucleus receives inputs from the inferior colliculus and transmits signals to the auditory cortex.

Medial lemniscal pathway refers to the pathway in the spinal cord that transmits signals from the skin toward the thalamus.

Medial lemniscus is defined as a white matter tract that courses through the contralateral side of the brainstem through the medulla, pons, and midbrain to be routed up through the thalamus (ventral posterior nucleus, VP) and on to the primary somatosensory cortex.