lateral corticospinal tract

Term ID

UBERON:0002589

Synonyms

• corticospinal tract, crossed
• crossed corticospinal tract
• crossed pyramidal tract
• fasciculus cerebrospinalis lateralis
• lateral corticospinal tract
• lateral corticospinal tract of the medulla
• pyramidal tract, crossed
• tractus corticospinalis (pyramidalis) lateralis
• tractus corticospinalis lateralis

Definition

Part of the corticospinal tract located in the spinal cord, formed as 75 to 90% of the corticospinal fibers cross to the opposite side of the brainstem in the pyramidal decussation. This tract descends the length of the spinal cord in the lateral white column (Adapted from Brain Info)

References

• BAMS:lcsp
• BAMS:py
• DHBA:12759
• MBA:1019
• NCIT:C32406
• UMLS:C0152402
• birnlex:1095
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=801
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_corticospinal_tract
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0152402
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369091005

Ontology

Uberon Ontology