| Corticobulbar tract | |
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 Corticobulbar tract. | |
 Components and location of the corticobulbar tract. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus corticonuclearis, tractus corticobulbaris |
| NeuroNames | 1319 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The corticobulbar (or corticonuclear) tract is a two-neuron white matter motor pathway connecting the motor cortex in the cerebral cortex to the medullary pyramids, which are part of the brainstem's medulla oblongata (also called "bulbar") region, and are primarily involved in carrying the motor function of the non-oculomotor cranial nerves, like muscles of the face, head and neck. The corticobulbar tract is one of the pyramidal tracts, the other being the corticospinal tract.