pyramidal tract of medulla oblongata
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Medulla oblongata — Brain: Medulla oblongata labeled at bottom left … Wikipedia
pyramidal tract — noun Date: circa 1889 any of four columns of motor fibers that run in pairs on each side of the spinal cord and are continuations of the pyramids of the medulla oblongata … New Collegiate Dictionary
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
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
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
pyramidal radiation — the projection of fibers from the cerebral cortex to the pyramidal tract of the medulla oblongata … Medical dictionary
pyramidal — [pɪ ramɪd(ə)l] adjective 1》 resembling a pyramid in shape. 2》 Anatomy & Medicine relating to or denoting a tract of motor nerves within the pyramid of the medulla oblongata. Derivatives pyramidally adverb … English new terms dictionary
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
Olivocerebellar tract — Brain: Olivocerebellar tract Transverse section of medulla oblongata below the middle of the olive. (Cerebello olivary fibers visible at center right.) Latin t. olivocerebellaris NeuroNames … Wikipedia
