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Corticospinal tract
Corticospinal pathway
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Latintractus corticospinalis
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The corticospinal tract is a white matter motor pathway starting at the cerebral cortex that terminates on lower motor neurons and interneurons in the spinal cord, controlling movements of the limbs and trunk.[1] There are more than one million neurons in the corticospinal tract, and they become myelinated usually in the first two years of life.

The corticospinal tract is one of the pyramidal tracts, the other being the corticobulbar tract.

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Anterior corticospinal tract

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Lateral corticospinal tract

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lateral corticospinal tract (also called the crossed pyramidal tract or lateral cerebrospinal fasciculus) is the largest part of the corticospinal tract. It...

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Spinal cord

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Rubrospinal tract

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Spinothalamic tract

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Corticobulbar tract

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nerves. The corticobulbar tract is one of the pyramidal tracts, the other being the corticospinal tract. The corticobulbar tract originates in the primary...

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Anterolateral corticospinal tract

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Anterolateral corticospinal tract is a subdivision of the corticospinal tract in the spinal cord. It is formed by approximately 2% of the corticospinal fibers...

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Internal capsule

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cord. Above the basal ganglia the corticospinal tract is a part of the corona radiata. Below the basal ganglia the tract is called cerebral crus (a part...

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Red nucleus

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Motor neuron

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Brainstem

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Somatic nervous system

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Pyramidal cell

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primary excitation units of the mammalian prefrontal cortex and the corticospinal tract. One of the main structural features of the pyramidal neuron is the...

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Extrapyramidal system

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the tracts of the motor cortex that reach their targets by traveling through the pyramids of the medulla. The pyramidal tracts (corticospinal tract and...

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Precentral gyrus

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neurons in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. These axons form the corticospinal tract. The Betz cells along with their long axons are referred to as upper...

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Upper motor neuron

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(intersect) within the lower medulla oblongata to form the lateral corticospinal tract on each side of the spinal cord. The fibers that do not decussate...

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Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord

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Nerve tract

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Corona radiata

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radiata is associated with the corticopontine tract, the corticobulbar tract, and the corticospinal tract. Projection fibers are afferents carrying information...

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Primary motor cortex

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axons form a part of the corticospinal tract. The Betz cells account for only a small percentage of the corticospinal tract. By some measures, they account...

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Motor system

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List of regions in the human brain

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus

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Neuroanatomy of handedness

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Pronator quadratus muscle

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