corticospinal tract

noun

Medical Definition of corticospinal tract

: any of four columns of motor fibers of which two run on each side of the spinal cord and which are continuations of the pyramids of the medulla oblongata : pyramidal tract:

a : lateral corticospinal tract

b : ventral corticospinal tract

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