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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
Anterior corticospinal tract — seen in red at bottom center in figure (text tag found at upper left) … Wikipedia
anterior corticospinal tract — n VENTRAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT … Medical dictionary
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
Lateral corticospinal tract — labeled in red at upper left. Latin tractus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis … Wikipedia
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
corticospinal tract ventral — tractus corticospinalis anterior … 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
direct pyramidal tract — n VENTRAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT … Medical dictionary
