pyramidal decussation

Term ID

UBERON:0002755

Synonyms

• decussatio motoria
• decussation of the pyramidal tract
• pyramidal decussation
• pyramidal decussation (pourfour du petit)
• pyramidal tract 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)

References

• BAMS:pyd
• BAMS:pyx
• BM:Me-PyX
• DHBA:12772
• DMBA:17760
• HBA:12965
• MBA:198
• UMLS:C0011128
• birnlex:1594
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=799
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decussation_of_pyramids
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0011128
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369058001

Ontology

Uberon Ontology