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This type of descending motor pathway originates in the brainstem and governs automatic movements that help regulate muscle tone, posture and balance.
Nerve fibres of the pyramidal system originate in the cerebral cortex and then pass to the thalamus, and medulla oblongata. Therefore the neurons pass directly through the ventral aspect of the medulla oblongata in a pyramidal shape providing the reason for the name of this tract.