Anterior Spinocerebellar tract

Question 1

Function

Answer 1

• Transmit unconscious proprioceptive information of the lower body
• Concerned with coordinated movement and posture of the entire lower extremity

Question 2

Receptor and afferents

Answer 2

Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon receptors

Question 3

1st order neuron

Answer 3

DRG (spanning S1-L4)

Question 4

2nd order neuron

Answer 4

Posterior horn (spanning S1-L4)

Question 5

Decussation level

Answer 5

• Crosses in the anterior commissure and ascends contralaterally to the cerebellum via SCP
• Recross inside of cerebellum

Question 6

Final Destination

Answer 6

The axons terminate with mossy fibers in the stratum granulosum of cerebellar cortex