Noun: pyramidal motor system
- 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
"Damage to the pyramidal motor system can result in paralysis or weakness on the opposite side of the body";
- pyramidal tract, corticospinal tract
Derived forms: pyramidal motor systems
Type of: efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve
Part of: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
Encyclopedia: Pyramidal motor system