Descending Motor Pathways: Vestibulospinal/reticulospinal

Question 1

Vestibulospinal tract control from

Answer 1

vestibular nuclei and is uncrossed

Question 2

Vestibulospinal controls posture

Answer 2

through trunk and leg muscles

Question 3

Reticulospinal tract starts from, then leads to

Answer 3

reticular formation throughout brain stem, premotor cortex, amygdala, hypothalamus, and basal ganglia

Question 4

Reticulospinal tract control

Answer 4

autonomic functions i.e. muscle tone, coughing, sneezing and respiration as well as volitional movements such as walking

Question 5

When both ventromedial tracts were cut

Answer 5

Monkeys had great difficulty standing and walking