Definition of Corticifugal

1. Adjective. Of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex. "Corticofugal discharges"

Exact synonyms: Corticoefferent, Corticofugal
Similar to: Efferent, Motorial

Medical Definition of Corticifugal

1. Passing in a direction away from the outer surface; denoting especially nerve fibres conveying impulses away from the cerebral cortex. Synonym: corticoefferent, corticofugal. Origin: L. Cortex, rind, bark, + fugio, to flee (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corticifugal

cortical part of middle cerebral artery
cortical potential
cortical region
cortical sensibility
cortical substance
corticalization
cortically
corticalosteotomy
corticate
corticectomy
cortices
corticiferous
corticiform
corticifugal (current term)
corticine
corticines
corticipetal
cortico-
cortico-hypothalamic
corticoafferent
corticobulbar
corticobulbar fibre
corticobulbar tract
corticocallosal
corticocerebellar
corticocerebellum
corticocortical
corticoefferent

Literary usage of Corticifugal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"The most important tracts of corticifugal or motor projection fibers are the following, namely, the intermediate tract, the fronto- pontal tract, ..."

2. Histological Studies on the Localisation of Cerebral Function by Alfred Walter Campbell (1905)
"present are corticifugal or efferent, it is interesting to find that the radiations of Meynert form their chief track to the white substance; also, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"In the genu and the thalamo- lenticular limb of the internal capsule course several important fibre tracts which are chiefly corticifugal. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"... composed of a corticifugal tract, passing from the occipital lobe, by way of the optic radiations, to the pulvinar thalami of the same side, ..."

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