Cerebellar tracts

Question 1

What are the 5 Afferent tracts traveling in the inferior cerebellar peduncle?

Answer 1

posterior spinocerebellar tract (Flechig)
Cuneo cerebellar tract
olivocerebellar tract
vestibulo cerebellar tract
reticulocerebellar tract

Question 2

What is the 1 Afferent tracts traveling in the middle cerebellar peduncle?

Answer 2

ponto-cerebellar tract

Question 3

What is the 1 Afferent tract traveling in the superior cerebellar peduncle?

Answer 3

anterior spinocerebellar tract (gowers)

Question 4

What are the 3 EFFERENT tracts traveling in the superior cerebellar peduncle?

Answer 4

cerebello rubri tract
cerebello dentato thalamic tract
cerebello reticular tract

Question 5

What is the 1 EFFERENT tract traveling in the inferior cerebellar peduncle?

Answer 5

cerebello vestibular tract

Question 6

what is the origin and destination of the posterior spinocerebellar tract (Flechig)? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 6

clarks column —> vermis, mossy fibers
inferior
afferent

Question 7

what is the origin and destination of the Cuneo cerebellar tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 7

external cuneate nucleus —> vermis, mossy fibers
inferior
afferent

Question 8

what is the origin and destination of the olivocerebellar tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 8

inferior olive nucleus —> vermis, hemispheres, climbing fibers
infer
aff

Question 9

what is the origin and destination of the vestibulo cerebellar tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 9

medial and inferior vestibular nuclei —> nodulus, flocculus, mossy fibers
infer
aff

Question 10

what is the origin and destination of the ponto-cerebellar tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 10

nuclei pontis —> hemisphere, mossy fibers
middle
aff

Question 11

what is the origin and destination of the reticulocerebellar tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 11

reticular formation —> vermis, hemispheres, mossy fibers
inferior cerebellar peduncle
aff

Question 12

what is the origin and destination of the anterior spinocerebellar tract (gowers)? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 12

intermed zone of spinal cord —> vermis, mossy fibers
sup
aff

Question 13

what is the origin and destination of the cerebello rubri tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 13

globus and emboliform nuclei —> red nucleus
sup
eff

Question 14

what is the origin and destination of the cerebello dentato thalamic tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 14

dentate nucleus —> thalamus, VA and VL
sup
eff

Question 15

what is the origin and destination of the cerebello reticular tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 15

ipsilateral fastigial nucleus —> reticular formation of midbrain, pons, medulla
sup
eff

Question 16

what is the origin and destination of the cerebello vestibular tract? afferent or efferent? which peduncle?

Answer 16

fastigial N —> reticular formation and vestibular nucleus
inf
eff

Question 17

which tracts all terminate on the vermis and mossy fibers?

Answer 17

post spinocerebellar
cuneo cerebellar
antierior spinocerebellar
reticulo spinocerebellar (+hemisphere)