Pyramidal pathways:
A) innervate skeletal muscles only.
B) contain upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons.
C) extend from the cerebral cortex, through the medulla, and then to their destination, either through cranial nerves or through spinal cord tracts and spinal nerves.
D) all of these choices

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Pyramidal pathways, which are part of the motor system, indeed innervate skeletal muscles, contain both upper and lower motor neurons, and extend from the cerebral cortex through the medulla to their destinations via cranial or spinal nerves.

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