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pyramidal tract


pyramidal tract

noun

Definition of PYRAMIDAL TRACT

: any of four columns of motor fibers that run in pairs on each side of the spinal cord and are continuations of the pyramids of the medulla oblongata

First Known Use of PYRAMIDAL TRACT

circa 1889

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