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Lateral corticospinal tract — labeled in red at upper left. Latin tractus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis … Wikipedia
Corticospinal tract — Pyramidal tract redirects here. This page refers to the nerve fibres underlying the pyramids. For the actual area of the brain, Pyramids, see Pyramid of medulla oblongata. Brain: Corticospinal tract Deep dissection of brain stem. Lateral view. (… … Wikipedia
corticospinal tract — n any of four columns of motor fibers of which two run on each side of the spinal cord and which are continuations of the pyramids of the medulla oblongata: PYRAMIDAL TRACT: a) LATERAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT b) VENTRAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT … Medical dictionary
lateral corticospinal tract — n a band of nerve fibers that descends in the posterolateral part of each side of the spinal cord and consists mostly of fibers arising in the motor cortex of the contralateral side of the brain and crossing over in the decussation of pyramids… … Medical dictionary
Anterior corticospinal tract — seen in red at bottom center in figure (text tag found at upper left) … Wikipedia
tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the … Medical dictionary
Corticobulbar tract — Brain: Corticobulbar tract Components and location of the corticobulbar tract. Latin tractus corticonuclearis NeuroNames … Wikipedia
Medial vestibulospinal tract — Brain: Medial vestibulospinal tract Vestibulospinal tract is 2c, in red at bottom center … Wikipedia
Tectospinal tract — Diagram showing possible connection of long descending fibers from higher centers with the motor cells of the ventral column through association fibers. ( Tectospinal fasciculus labeled at center right.) … Wikipedia
Dorsal spinocerebellar tract — Posterior spinocerebellar tract is labeled in blue at right … Wikipedia
