弓状束

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弓	状	束
きゅう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 5	そく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
弓狀束 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Apparently formed of 弓(きゅう)状(じょう) (kyūjō, “arched”) + 束(そく) (soku, “bundle”); compare Latin fasciculus arcuatus (literally “curved bundle”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːʑo̞ːso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

弓(きゅう)状(じょう)束(そく) • (kyūjōsoku) 

1. (neuroanatomy) arcuate fasciculus (a bundle of neurons connecting Broca's area and Wernicke's area)
   • 2007, “Hankyū nai ridan shōkōgun [Intra-hemisphere dissection syndrome]”, in Kotobank‎^[1], retrieved 2021-9-14, Sekai Daihyakka Jiten:

     左(ひだり)弓(きゅう)状(じょう)束(そく)破(は)壊(かい)によって生(しょう)ずる伝(でん)導(どう)失(しつ)語(ご)，両(りょう)側(がわ)下(か)縦(じゅう)束(そく)損(そん)傷(しょう)による連(れん)合(ごう)型(がた)視(し)覚(かく)失(しつ)認(にん)などが想(そう)定(てい)されている。

     Hidari kyūjōsoku hakai niyotte shōzuru dendō shitsugo, ryōgawa-ka jūsoku sonshō niyoru rengō-gata shikaku shitsunin nado ga sōtei sareteiru.

     Destruction of the left arcuate fasciculus results in conduction aphasia, and is associated with bilateral visual agnosia, presumably due to damage to the interior longitudinal fasciculus.

   • 2015, Kikunori Shinohara, Nō kagaku ga oshiete kureta oboerareu wasurenai! Kioku jutsu [Remember and don’t forget neuroscience you’ve been taught! Mnemonic devices], page 26:

     そして、このブローカ野(の)とウェルニッケ野(の)の連(れん)動(どう)、弓(きゅう)状(じょう)束(そく)と呼(よ)ばれる神(しん)経(けい)の束(そく)による連(れん)動(どう)が、ワーキングメモリの音(おん)韻(いん)ループ、音(おと)による記(き)憶(おく)を支(ささ)えています。

     Soshite, kono Burōka no to Werunikke no no rendō, kyūjōsoku to yobareru shinkei no soku niyoru rendō ga, wākingu memori no on'in rūpu, oto niyoru kioku o sasaeteimasu.

     Then, connecting Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area is a bundle of interlocking neurons called the arcuate fasciculus, which form a phonological loop within working memory, supporting the linking of sounds with memories.