Corticospinal Tract

Definition: Corticospinal Tract

Corticospinal Tract

Noun

1. Any of the important nerve pathways 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 horn of the spinal cord.

Non-Fiction Usage: Corticospinal Tract

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Spasticity is excessive muscle tone caused by lesions of the corticospinal tract. (references)
		Another example of a spinal cord injury is central cord syndrome, which affects the cervical (neck) region of the cord and results from focused damage to a group of nerve fibers called the corticospinal tract. (references)
		The corticospinal tract controls movement by carrying signals between the brain and the spinal cord. Patients with central cord syndrome typically have relatively mild impairment, and they often spontaneously recover many of their abilities. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Anagrams: Corticospinal Tract

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Alternative Orthography: Corticospinal Tract

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Corticospinal Tract

Definition: Corticospinal Tract