corticipetaladj.
/kɔːtɪˈsɪpɪtəl/ Originating outside of and running into the cerebral cortex.
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1898 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 190 11 A corticipetal system, passing from the external geniculate body and pulvinar thalami to the cortex of the occipito-angular region.
1959 S. W. Ranson & S. L. 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.
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