n :  any of four columns of motor fibers of which two run on each side of the spinal cord and which are continuations of the pyramids of the medulla oblongata  :  PYRAMIDAL TRACT:  a  :  LATERAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT  b  :  VENTRAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACT .
 
 
 
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