Pyramidal decussation

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 369058001

Pyramidal decussation

Definition

Part of medulla comprising a white matter structure containing nerve fibers of the pyramidal tract crossing from one side of the brain to the other (MM).

Also known as corticospinal decussation, decussatio pyramidum, decussatio pyramidum medullae oblongatae, decussation of corticospinal tract, decussation of pyramidal tract fibers, decussation of pyramids, decussation of pyramids of medulla, decussation of the pyramidal tract, motor decussation, motor decussation of medulla, pyramidal decussation (pourfour du petit), pyramidal tract decussation — per UBERON

The Pyramidal decussation is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as