Corticospinal tract
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
362325000
Corticospinal tract
Definition
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.
Also known as corticospinal fibers, fasciculus cerebro-spinalis, fasciculus pyramidalis, fibrae corticospinales, pyramid (Willis), tractus cortico-spinalis, tractus corticospinalis, tractus pyramidalis — per UBERON
The Corticospinal tract is a part of the Nervous.