corticospinal tract

Preferred Label : corticospinal tract;

Uberon definition : The corticospinal fibers that arise from the pyramidal cells within the cerebral cortex layer V of the precentral motor area, the premotor area and the postcentral gyrus, then descend into and through the medulla to form the lateral corticospinal tract and the anterior corticospinal tract.;

Uberon synonym : pyramid (Willis); corticospinal fibers;

Uberon broad term : pyramidal tract;

Details

Origin ID

0002707;

UMLS CUI

C0034229;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Corticospinal tract [FMA entity]
- Pyramidal tract [FMA entity]
- Pyramidal tract structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- corticospinal fiber [Radlex concept]
- corticospinal tract [Radlex concept]
- corticospinal tracts [MeSH concept]
- pyramidal tract [Radlex concept]
- pyramidal tracts [MeSH Descriptor]
- 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]
- pyramidal tract, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- pyramidal tracts [MeSH concept]
- pyramidal tracts [MeSH Descriptor]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire pyramidal tract (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pyramidal tract [FMA entity]
has part
- lateral corticospinal tract [UBERON concept]
- pyramidal decussation [UBERON concept]
- ventral corticospinal tract [UBERON concept]
part of
- corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts [UBERON concept]
- motor system [UBERON concept]

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