corticifugal, a.
(kɔːtɪˈsɪfjʊgəl)
[f. L. cortic-, cortex + fugĕre to flee + -al1.]
Originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
| 1898 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CXC. 10 There was no clear evidence of corticifugal fibres passing from the angular gyrus to the basal ganglia. 1959 Ranson & Clark Anat. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 10) xvi. 319 The anterior limb of the internal capsule..is broken up by bands of gray matter connecting these two nuclei. It consists of corticipetal and corticifugal fibers. |