E3: Ch 17 Flashcards
Nervous system pathways travel through __ matter of the brainstem and/or spinal cord
white
a pathway consists of a tract and a __
nucleus
each tract may work with multiple __ groups in the ___
nuclei, CNS
Ascending pathways are __
sensory
descending pathways are __
motor
contralateral means the __ side
opposite
Ipsilateral means the __ side
same
the term for most pathways exhibit a precise correspondence of receptors in body regions through nerve fibers to specific functional areas in the cerebral cortex, this is called
somatotopy
somatosensory are pathways that process stimuli received from receptors within __, __, and _
skin, muscle, joints
____ are pathways that process stimuli received from receptors within skin, muscle, joints
somatosensory
Viscerosensory pathways process stimuli received from the ___
viscera
__ pathways process stimuli received from the viscera
Viscerosensory
3 types of somatosensory pathways:
Spinocerebellar, anterolateral, Posterior funiculus
what pathway projects through the spinal cord, brainstem, and diencephalon, terminates in cerebral cortex
posterior funiculus
tracts within the cord are called the
posterior funiculus
fascicles cuneatus originates in the
upper limbs
fascicles gracilis originates in the
lower limbs
tracts within the brainstem are called the
medial lemniscus
anterolateral pathway located in the __ and __ white funiculi of cord
anterior, lateral
the anterolateral pathway is composed of what 2 tracts
anterior and lateral spinothalamic tract
axons entering the 2 anterolateral pathways are related to crude __, __, __, ___
touch, pressure, pain, temp.
axons of secondary neurons cross over to ___ side, occurring in the ___ white commissure
opposite, anterior
spinocerebellar pathway coordinates __ __
body movement
spinocerebellar pathway composed of 2 tracts
anterior, posterior spinocerebellar tracts