Term Name:	corticospinal tract
Synonyms:	corticospinal fibers, fasciculus cerebro-spinalis, fasciculus pyramidalis, fibrae corticospinales, pyramid (Willis), pyramidal tract, tractus cortico-spinalis, tractus corticospinalis, tractus pyramidalis
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.
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002707]