pyramidal tract

Noun

1.

pyramidal tract - any of the important motor nerves 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 Synonyms: corticospinal tract, pyramidal motor system

basal ganglion, central nervous system, CNS, corticospinal tract, motor nerve, pyramidal motor system, systema nervosum centrale