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corticospinal tract
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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 ]
Term info
Label
corticospinal tract
Synonyms
- corticospinal fibers
- fasciculus cerebro-spinalis
- fasciculus pyramidalis
- fibrae corticospinales
- pyramid (Willis)
- tractus cortico-spinalis
- tractus corticospinalis
- tractus pyramidalis
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
indicates that a synonym is used in an inconsistent or confusing way, typically between species
pyramidal tract
[
BIRNLEX
:
1464
http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1320
MP
:
0002878
]
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Gray684.png
has alternative id
UBERON:0004095
has broad synonym
pyramidal tract
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0002707
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