Concept information
Preferred term
Pyramidal Tracts
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Corticobulbar Tract
- Corticobulbar Tracts
- Corticospinal Tract
- Corticospinal Tracts
- Decussation, Pyramidal
- Pyramidal Decussation
- Tract, Corticobulbar
- Tract, Corticospinal
- Tracts, Corticobulbar
- Tracts, Corticospinal
Scope note
- Fibers that arise from cells within the cerebral cortex, pass through the medullary pyramid, and descend in the spinal cord. Many authorities say the pyramidal tracts include both the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts.
In other languages
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Finnish
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fasciculus pyramidalis
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kortikospinaaliradat
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kortikospinaalirata
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pyramidaaliradat
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pyramidaalirata
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pyramidirata
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tractus corticospinalis
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tractus pyramidalis
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011712
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