corticospinal tract of medulla oblongata
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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
Medulla oblongata — Brain: Medulla oblongata labeled at bottom left … Wikipedia
Lateral corticospinal tract — labeled in red at upper left. Latin tractus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis … Wikipedia
Anterior corticospinal tract — seen in red at bottom center in figure (text tag found at upper left) … Wikipedia
Pyramid of medulla oblongata — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = pyramis medullae oblongatae GraySubject = 187 GrayPage = 768 Caption = Medulla oblongata and pons. Anterior surface. (Pyramid visible at center.) Caption2 = Section of the medulla oblongata at about the… … 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
corticospinal tracts of spinal cord — the two spinal cord tracts that are continuations of the pyramidal tract of the medulla oblongata; see tractus corticospinalis lateralis and tractus corticospinalis anterior. Called also pyramidal t s of spinal cord … Medical dictionary
Corticobulbar tract — Brain: Corticobulbar tract Components and location of the corticobulbar tract. Latin tractus corticonuclearis NeuroNames … Wikipedia
Olivospinal tract — is 2d, in red at bottom left. Latin tractus olivospinalis Gray s … Wikipedia
