“pyramid of”

The following 3 entries include the term pyramid of.

pyramid of numbers

: a concept in ecology: an organism forming the base of a food chain is numerically very abundant each succeeding member of the chain being represented by successively fewer individuals and the final large predator being always numerically rare

pyramid of the cerebellum

pyramid of the medulla

: either of two large bundles of motor fibers from the cerebral cortex reaching the medulla through the cerebral peduncles and pons and continuous with the pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord


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