part of part of capable of part of capable of part of proprioception nerve fasciculus white matter gracile fasciculus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Spinal_cord_tracts_-_English.svg gracile tract Wikipedia:Gracile_fasciculus tract of Goll distinction between axon tract and fasicle is unclear BAMS:gr gracilis tract UMLS:C0228522 neuronames:2440 UBERON:0004168 DHBA:12739 HBA:265505586 NCIT:C33799 SCTID:369079001 BAMS:grf FMA:258416 BM:Me-GF f. gracilis medullae spinalis fasciculus gracilis MBA:388 gracile column UBERON:0005821 gracile fascicle A group of axons that are from neurons involved in proprioception from the lower trunk and lower limb[GO]. The fasciculus gracilis (tract of Goll) is a bundle of axon fibres in the dorsomedial spinal cord that carries information about fine touch, vibrations, and conscious proprioception from the lower part of the body to the brain stem. It is part of the posterior column of the spinal cord, which also contains the fasciculus cuneatus, which carries the same information from the upper part of the body. This tract and its continuation in the brain stem is often referred to as the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway. The fasciculus gracilis is wedge-shaped on transverse section and lies next the posterior median septum, its base being at the surface of the medulla spinalis, and its apex directed toward the posterior gray commissure. It increases in size from below upward, and consists of long thin fibers that are derived from the posterior nerve roots, and ascend as far as the medulla oblongata, where they end in the nucleus gracilis. The tract of Goll was named after Swiss neuroanatomist Friedrich Goll[WP]. central nervous system cell part cluster dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway