Lateral corticospinal tract
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| Lateral corticospinal tract | |
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| Anterior corticospinal tract is 1a, in red at left. | |
| Latin | tractus corticospinalis lateralis, fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis |
| Gray's | subject #185 759 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | t_15/12816937 |
The lateral corticospinal tract (also called the crossed pyramidal tract or lateral cerebrospinal fasciculus) is the largest part of the corticospinal tract. It extends throughout the entire length of the medulla spinalis, and on transverse section appears as an oval area in front of the posterior column and medial to the posterior spinocerebellar tract.
Its fibres arise from cells in the motor area of the cerebral hemisphere of the opposite side.
They pass downward in company with those of the anterior corticospinal tract through the same side of the brain as that from which they originate, but they cross to the opposite side in the medulla oblongata and descend in the lateral funiculus of the medulla spinalis.
The lateral corticospinal tract moves limbs and digits.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Kolb & Whishaw, Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, 2003
[edit] Additional images
 Decussation of pyramids. |
 Section of the medulla oblongata through the lower part of the decussation of the pyramids |
 Section of the medulla oblongata at the level of the decussation of the pyramids. |
 The motor tract. |
[edit] External links
- NeuroNames hier-798
- -845545463 at GPnotebook
- Lateral+corticospinal+tract at eMedicine Dictionary
- Overview at thebrain.mcgill.ca
- Neuroanatomy at UW sc97/text/P4/intro.htm
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