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Corticospinal tract

A tract of nerve cells that carries motor commands from the brain to the spinal cord.

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corticospinal tract,

any of two groups of nerve fibers (the anterior corticospinal tract and lateral corticospinal tract ) that originate in the cerebral cortex and run through the spinal cord. They are responsible for carrying motor fibers.

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corticospinal tract (redirected from Pyramidal Tracts)

corticospinal tract
(redirected from Pyramidal Tracts)