Cuneate - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Cuneate means "wedge-shaped," it can apply to:

cuneate leaf, a leaf shape
the cuneate nucleus
Cuneate nucleus
One of the dorsal column nuclei, the cuneate nucleus is a wedge-shaped nucleus in the closed part of the medulla oblongata. It contains cells that give rise to the cuneate tubercle, visible on the posterior aspect of the medulla...

, a part of the brainstem
the cuneate fasciculus, a tract from the spinal cord
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...

into the brainstem

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