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The medullary pyramids are paired white matter structures of the brainstem's medulla oblongata that contain motor fibers of the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts – known together as the pyramidal tracts. The lower limit of the pyramids is marked when the fibers cross (decussate).

Structure

The ventral portion of the medulla oblongata contains the medullary pyramids. These two ridge-like structures travel along the length of the medulla oblongata and are bordered medially by the anterior median fissure. They each have an anterolateral sulcus along their lateral borders, where the hypoglossal nerve emerges from. Also at the side of each pyramid there is a pronounced bulge known as an olive. Fibers of the posterior column, which transmit sensory and proprioceptive information, are located behind the pyramids on the medulla oblongata.

The medullary pyramids contain motor fibers that are known as the corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts. The corticospinal tracts are on the anterior surface of the pyramids. These tracts transport motor signals that originated in the precentral gyrus and travelled through the internal capsule to the medulla oblongata and pyramids. Extrapyramidal tracts are those motor tracts that do not traverse the medullary pyramids.

At the pyramids' most caudal end, the corticospinal axons decussate (or cross over) the midline and continue down the spinal cord on the contralateral side. The fibers that decussated will go down the lateral corticospinal tract while the fibers that did not decussate will travel down the anterior corticospinal tract. Nearly 90 percent of the fibers decussate and travel down the lateral corticospinal tract while the other 10 percent travels down the anterior corticospinal tract.

Decussation

Section of the medulla oblongata at the level of the decussation of the pyramids.

The two pyramids contain the motor fibers that pass from the brain to the medulla oblongata and spinal cord. These are the corticobulbar and corticospinal fibers that make up the pyramidal tracts.

About 90% of these fibers leave the pyramids in successive bundles and decussate (cross over) in the anterior median fissure of the medulla oblongata as the pyramidal decussation or motor decussation. Having crossed over at the middle line, they pass down in the posterior part of the lateral funiculus as the lateral corticospinal tract. The other 10% of the fibers stay uncrossed in the anterior corticospinal tract. The pyramidal decussation marks the border between the spinal cord and the medulla oblongata.^[1]

Function

The medullary pyramids contain the motor fibers of the pyramidal tracts – the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts.

Certain tracts of the brain, particularly of the corona radiata. The pyramidal tracts are red; the cerebropontile and central tegmental tracts are blue.
Sketch of the brainstem, with the pyramidal tract visible in red, and pyramidal decussation labeled at lower right.
The motor tract.

Clinical significance

Whiplash as a result of a car accident can lead to brainstem injuries that affect the pyramids at the medulla oblongata. These pyramid injuries are usually a result of a dislocation at the occiput or spinal level C1. Injuries to the pyramids of the medulla oblongata can also be caused by the quick hyperextension of the neck (cervical region of the spine). Hyperextension of the neck can pull and tear the pyramids, leading to a variety of symptoms such as weakness in all four limbs, difficulty swallowing, and difficulty speaking. A bilateral infarction in the pyramids of the medulla can result in motor quadriplegia. This is rare, however, as there have only been three cases of this reported.

Additional images

The formatio reticularis of the medulla oblongata, shown by a transverse section passing through the middle of the olive.
Dissection showing the projection fibers of the cerebellum.
Human brainstem anterior view
Diagrams of the medulla spinalis.
Decussation of pyramids. Scheme showing passage of various fasciculi from medulla spinalis to medulla oblongata.
Section of the medulla oblongata through the lower part of the decussation of the pyramids
Section of the medulla oblongata at about the middle of the olive. (Pyramid visible at bottom center.)

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

^ Nieuwenhuys, Rudolf; Voogd, Jan; van Huijzen, Chris (2008). The human central nervous system (4 ed.). Springer. p. 177.

Saladin, Kenneth (2012). Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.

External links

Diagram at csus.edu
Whiplash Injuries: The Cervical Acceleration/Deceleration Syndrome book
Neurology Journal article
Medical Neurosciences

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リンク元	「錐体交叉」「pyramidal tract」「corticobulbar tract」
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「錐体交叉」

Medullary pyramid; (brainstem)
	Medulla oblongata and pons. Anterior surface. (Pyramid visible at center.)
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Latin	pyramis medullae oblongatae
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