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Definition of Pyramidal motor system
1. Noun. 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 root of the spinal cord.
Exact synonyms: Corticospinal Tract, Pyramidal Tract
Generic synonyms: Efferent, Efferent Nerve, Motor Nerve
Group relationships: Central Nervous System, Cns, Systema Nervosum Centrale
Terms within: Basal Ganglion
Generic synonyms: Efferent, Efferent Nerve, Motor Nerve
Group relationships: Central Nervous System, Cns, Systema Nervosum Centrale
Terms within: Basal Ganglion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyramidal Motor System
Literary usage of Pyramidal motor system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1915)
"As most of the pyramidal motor system is represented in the postfrontal region,
chiefly in the precentral convolution, ..."
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