corticospinal tract ventral

corticospinal tract ventral
tractus corticospinalis anterior.

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  • 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

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  • corticospinal tract — noun any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord • Syn …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anterior corticospinal tract — seen in red at bottom center in figure (text tag found at upper left) …   Wikipedia

  • Lateral corticospinal tract — labeled in red at upper left. Latin tractus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis …   Wikipedia

  • anterior corticospinal tract — n VENTRAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT …   Medical dictionary

  • 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

  • Ventral reticular nucleus — Brain: Ventral reticular nucleus Latin nucleus reticularis ventralis NeuroNames hier 730 The ventral reticular nucleus is a continuation of the parvocellular nucleus in the brainstem. The ventral reticular nucleus has been shown to receive… …   Wikipedia

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