corticospinal tract

Term ID

UBERON:0002707

Synonyms

• corticospinal fibers
• fasciculus cerebro-spinalis
• fasciculus pyramidalis
• fibrae corticospinales
• pyramid (Willis)
• pyramidal tract
• tractus cortico-spinalis
• tractus corticospinalis
• tractus pyramidalis

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. 0-683-40008-8

References

• BAMS:P
• BM:CST
• BM:Me-PyT
• Corticospinal:tract
• DHBA:12776
• DMBA:17756
• EMAPA:36600
• GAID:702
• HBA:265505574
• MBA:190
• MBA:784
• MESH:D011712
• UMLS:C0034229
• birnlex:1464
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1320
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=800
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0034229
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362325000

Ontology

Uberon Ontology