corticonuclear tract

corticonuclear tract
the nerve fiber tract formed by fibers (corticonuclear fibers) associated with the pyramidal tract that arise in the cerebral cortex, descend in the internal capsule, and synapse in the various motor nuclei of the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata. Called also corticobulbar t.

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