pyramidal tracts

Preferred Label : pyramidal tracts;

MeSH definition : Fibers that arise from cells within the cerebral cortex, pass through the medullary pyramid, and descend in the spinal cord. Many authorities say the pyramidal tracts include both the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts.;

MeSH synonym : pyramidal tract; tract, pyramidal; tracts, pyramidal;

MeSH hyponym : corticobulbar tracts; corticospinal tracts; Corticobulbar Tract; Tract, Corticobulbar; Tracts, Corticobulbar; Corticospinal Tract; Tract, Corticospinal; Tracts, Corticospinal;

Related MeSH term : decussation, pyramidal; Pyramidal Decussation;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramidal tracts;

Details

Origin ID

D011712;

UMLS CUI

C0034229;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Corticobulbar tract [FMA entity]
- Corticospinal tract [FMA entity]
- Entire pyramidal decussation (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pyramidal decussation [FMA entity]
- Pyramidal tract [FMA entity]
- Pyramidal tract structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of pyramidal decussation (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts [UBERON concept]
- corticobulbar tract [UBERON concept]
- corticobulbar tract [Radlex concept]
- corticospinal tract [UBERON concept]
- corticospinal tract [Radlex concept]
- decussation of pyramid [Radlex concept]
- pyramidal decussation [UBERON concept]
- pyramidal decussation [SNOMED Notion]
- pyramidal tract [Radlex concept]
- pyramidal tract, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- right corticobulbar tract [Radlex concept]
- right corticospinal tract [Radlex concept]
- right pyramidal tract [Radlex concept]
Record concept(s)
- corticobulbar tracts [MeSH concept]
- corticospinal tracts [MeSH concept]
- decussation, pyramidal [MeSH concept]
- pyramidal tracts [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pyramidal tract [FMA entity]
- Pyramidal tract structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- corticospinal tract [UBERON concept]
- pyramidal tract, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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