Pyramidal Tract

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any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord

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Information Class

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Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: corticospinal tractpyramidal motor system
plural: Pyramidal Tracts
possessive: Pyramidal Tract's
pluralpossessive: Pyramidal Tracts'

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