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lateral corticospinal tract

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Part of the corticospinal tract located in the spinal cord, formed as 75 to 90% of the corticospinal fibers cross to the opposite side of the brainstem in the pyramidal decussation. This tract descends the length of the spinal cord in the lateral white column (Adapted from Brain Info) [ ]

Term info

Label

lateral corticospinal tract

Synonyms
  • corticospinal tract, crossed
  • crossed pyramidal tract
  • lateral pyramidal tract
  • pyramidal tract, crossed
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
tractus corticospinalis (pyramidalis) lateralis [ NeuroNames : 801 ]

latin term
fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_corticospinal_tract ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Spinal_cord_tracts_-_English.svg

has related synonym

tractus corticospinalis (pyramidalis) lateralis, lateral corticospinal tract, tractus corticospinalis lateralis, lateral corticospinal tract of the medulla, corticospinal tract, crossed, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis, crossed corticospinal tract

id

UBERON:0002589