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The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 pyramidal tract, a nervous system pathway made up of nerve fibers in the white matter of the spinal cord. They carry motor nerve signals from the brain. These fibers, with nerve cell bodies in the brain, direct the activity of the muscles that can be ...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

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