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pyramidal tract
noun
, Anatomy.
- any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyramidal tract1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
In the reflex, the lower center is aroused by a sensory nerve, and in the voluntary movement by the pyramidal tract.
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These are cerebral influences acting by way of the pyramidal tract upon the spinal center for the reflex.
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They included portions of all the tracts, the pyramidal tract as well.
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The remaining fibres pass down as the direct pyramidal tract, and decussate in the cord near their termination.
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