The corticospinal fibers that arise from the pyramidal cells within the cerebral cortex layer V of the precentral motor area, the premotor area and the postcentral gyrus, then descend into and through the medulla to form the lateral corticospinal tract and the anterior corticospinal tract. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0002878 ]
Synonyms: tractus cortico-spinalis tractus corticospinalis fasciculus cerebro-spinalis corticospinal fibers fasciculus pyramidalis pyramid (Willis) tractus pyramidalis fibrae corticospinales
Term information
- HBA:265505574
- BAMS:P
- MBA:784
- DMBA:17756
- BM:Me-PyT
- DHBA:12776
- GAID:702
- EMAPA:36600
- BIRNLEX:1464
- SCTID:362325000
- MESH:D011712
- neuronames:1320
- Wikipedia:Corticospinal_tract
- FMA:72634
- MBA:190
- BM:CST
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