See Also: lateral pyramidal tract(medicine)
pyramidal tract(medicine)
direct pyramidal tract(medicine)
anterior pyramidal tract(medicine)
crossed pyramidal tract(medicine)
lateral pyramidal fasciculus(medicine)
lateral corticospinal tract(medicine)
lateral spinothalamic tract(medicine)
lateral root of optic tract(medicine)
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lateral pyramidal tract (medicine)


lateral pyramidal tract


Those fibres of the pyramidal tract that cross to the opposite side in the pyramidal decussation and descend in the dorsal half of the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord; they are distributed throughout the length of the spinal cord to interneurons of the zona intermedia of the spinal gray matter.

See: pyramidal tract.

Synonym: tractus corticospinalis lateralis, tractus pyramidalis lateralis, crossed pyramidal tract, fasciculus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus pyramidalis lateralis, lateral corticospinal tract, lateral pyramidal fasciculus.