Lateral corticospinal tract

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 369091005

Lateral corticospinal tract

Definition

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).

Also known as corticospinal tract, crossed, crossed pyramidal tract, lateral pyramidal tract, pyramidal tract, crossed — per UBERON

The Lateral corticospinal tract is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as