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Lecture 18: Sensory and Motor Pathways Flashcards

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1
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What Do Sensory Receptors In PNS Monitor?

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Specific conditions inside and outside the body

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General Somatic Senses (6)

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Temperature,
Pain,
Touch,
Pressure,
Vibration,
Proprioception
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Special Senses (5)

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Olfaction,
Vision,
Gustation,
Equilibrium,
Hearing
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What Does The Afferent Division Of The Nervous System Include?

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Nerves, nuclei, and tracts that deliver somatic and visceral sensory info to the CNS

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Where Does Somatic Sensory Get Sent To?

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Cerebral cortex and cerebellum

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Where Do Visceral Sensory Get Sent To?

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Brainstem and diencephalon

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Postcentral Gyrus

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Posterior to central sulcus,

Somatic sensory

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Where Is Special Sensory Information Processed?

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Specialed sensory cortices in cerebral cortex and areas in brainstem

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Stronger the ________, the higher the __________

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Stimulus,

Frequency

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Sensation

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Information arriving in the brain

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Perception

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Conscious awareness of sensation

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Touch Receptors Are Sensitive To _______ Pressure

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Light

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Taste Receptors Are Sensitive To _______ Stimuli

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Chemical

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Receptor Specificity

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Respond to specific stimulus and carry it to the brain

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What Type Of Receptors Respond To Many Stimuli?

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Free Nerve Endings

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Receptive Field

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The region of the body that a single receptor cell monitors

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The Larger The Receptive Field…..

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The harder it is to localize a stimulus

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Tonic Receptors

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Always fire when stimuli are present (pain receptors)

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Phasic Receptors

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Only fire when a change occurs in stimuli (touch and temperature receptors)

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Peripheral Adaptation Occurs In…

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Phasic receptors

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Adaptation

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A reduction in sensitivity in the presence of a constant stimulus

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Central Adaptation

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Occurs in the CNS at the subconscious level,
Inhibition of sensory pathways,
Getting used to certain stimulus

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Nociceptors

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Pain receptor,

Free nerve endings (large receptive fields)

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Where Are Nociceptors Common? (3)

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Skin,
Joint capsules,
Periosteum

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What Are Nociceptors Sensitive To?

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Extreme temperature,
Tissue damage,
Dissolved chemicals from injured cells

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What Are Nociceptor Sensations Carried By?

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Type A fibers,

Type C fibers

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Type A Fibers

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Carry ‘fast’ pain signals (deep cut or injection pain),

Often trigger spinal reflexes (flexor reflex)

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Type C Fibers

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Carry ‘slow’ pain signals (burning or aching pain),

Difficult to localize

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Thermoreceptors

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Temperature,
Free nerve endings,
Phasic receptors (peripheral adaptation occurs in constant temps)

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Where Are Thermoreceptors Common? (3)

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Skin,
Skeletal muscles,
Hypothalamus

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What Are Thermoreceptors Sensitive To?

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Changes in temperature

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Chemoreceptors

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Chemical,

Free nerve endings

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What Do Chemoreceptors Monitor?

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pH, CO2, O2 levels

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Where Are Chemoreceptors Common? (2)

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Carotid arteries,

Aorta

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Mechanoreceptors

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Contain mechanically-gated ion channels that open or close in response to stretching, compression or twisting

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3 Classes Of Mechanoreceptors

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Tactile Receptors (touch),
Baroreceptors (pressure),
Proprioceptors (join/muscle position)

37
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What Are Tactile Receptors Sensitive To? (3)

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Touch,
Pressure (not BP),
Vibration

38
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6 Types of Tactile Receptors

A 
Free Nerve Endings,
Root Hair Plexus,
Tactile Discs (Merkel Discs),
Tactile Corpuscles,
Lamellated Corpuscles,
Ruffini Corpuscles
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Free Nerve Endings

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Tactile Receptor,
Touch and pressure in skin,
Pressure distorts skin and nerve ending, causing the action potential

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Root Hair Plexus

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Tactile Receptor,
Movement of hair in hair follicles,
Bent/distorted hair sends an action potential after the channels are opened

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Tactile Discs (Merkel Discs)

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Tactile Receptor,
Find touch and pressure,
Small receptive fields in epidermis (Merkel cells in stratum germinativum)

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Tactile Corpuscles

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Tactile Receptor,
Fine touch, pressure, vibration,
Dermis of skin in fingertips and lips

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Lamellated Corpuscles

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Tactile Receptor,
Large receptor organs,
Deep pressure,
In dermis of skin in fingers and joint capsules,
All layers have to be distorted to feel
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Ruffini Corpuscles

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Tactile Receptor,
Pressure and distortion,
Deep within dermis of the skin,
Twisting and deep pressure

45
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Baroreceptors

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Type of mechanoreceptor,
Monitor pressure changes in an organ,
Free nerve endings

46
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Location of Baroreceptors (4)

A

Some arteries,
Lungs,
Digestive Tracts,
Urinary Tracts

47
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Proprioceptors

A 
Type of mechanoreceptor,
Cerebellum and postcentral gyrus,
Monitor position of joints and tension in tendons and ligaments,
Muscle spindles,
Golgi tendon organs,
Free nerve endings
48
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What Neurons Transmit Somatic Sensory Information To The Cerebral Cortex?

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First, second, third order neurons

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First Order Neuron Of Sensory Pathway

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Sensory neuron that carries information into CNS (spinal cord),
Cell body in dorsal root ganglion

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Second Order Neuron Of Sensory Pathway

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Sensory neuron that carries information to the thalamus,

Axon crosses over before reaching thalamus (usually in medulla oblongata)

51
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Decussation

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Crossing over

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Third Order Neuron Of Sensory Pathway

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Carries information from thalamus to cortex

53
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Somatic Sensory Pathways To Cerebrum (2)

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Posterior Column Pathway,

Spinothalamic Pathway

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Posterior Column Pathway

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Ascending tracts in posterior white columns,

Carries localized fine touch, pressure, vibration, and proprioception

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Spinothalamic Pathways

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Spinal cord to thalamus,

Ascending tracts in lateral and anterior white columns

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Somatic Sensory Pathway to Cerebellum

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Spinocerebellar Pathway

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Spinocerebellar Pathway

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Ascending tracts in lateral white columns,

Only 2 neurons involved

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What Does The First Order Neuron Of Posterior Column Pathway Do?

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Carries signal from periphery to medulla oblongata

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What Does The Second Order Neuron Of Posterior Column Pathway Do?

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Decussates and carries signal to thalamus

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What Does The Third Order Neuron Of Posterior Column Pathway Do?

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Carries signal to primary sensory cortex

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Spinothalamic Pathway

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Carries poorly localized ‘crude’ touch, pressure, pain, and temperature

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What Does The First Order Neuron Of Spinothalamic Pathway Do?

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Carries signal from periphery to spinal cord

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What Does The Second Order Neuron Of Spinothalamic Pathway Do?

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Decussates in spinal cord and carries signal to thalamus

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What Does The Third Order Neuron Of Spinothalamic Pathway Do?

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Carries signal to primary sensory cortex

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Spinocerebellar Pathway

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Carries only proprioception

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What Does The First Order Neuron Of Spinocerebellar Pathway Do?

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Caries signal from periphery into spinal cord

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What Does The Second Order Neuron Of Spinocerebellar Pathway Do?

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Carries signal to cerebellum (may or may not decussate)

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Somatic Motor Pathways

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Control skeletal muscles,

Involve at least 2 motor neurons

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Upper Motor Neuron

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Cell body lives in CNS processing center,

Synapses on lower motor neuron

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Low Motor Neuron

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Cell body lies in a nucleus in the brainstem (cranial nerves) or spinal cord (spinal nerves),
Innervates a motor unit in skeletal muscle in PNS

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3 Somatic Motor Pathways

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Corticospinal Pathway,
Medial Pathway,
Lateral Pathway

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How Is The Activity In The Pathways Adjusted?

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By basal nuclei and cerebellum to follow coordinated movements

73
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Corticospinal Pathway

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Cortex to spinal cord

74
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Upper Motor Neurons Of Corticospinal Pathway

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Come from primary motor cortex (percentral gryus),

Most decussate in medulla oblongata

75
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Where Do Upper Motor Neurons Of Corticospinal Pathway Synapse At?

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Cranial nerves in motor nuclei in brainstem,

Spinal nerves in anterior gray horns of spinal cord

76
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Where Do Lower Motor Neurons Of Corticospinal Pathway Come From?

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Cranial nerve nuclei or anterior gray horns of spinal cord,

Innervate motor unit in skeletal muscle

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Medial And Lateral Pathways

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Carry motor commands issued from areas of the cerebrum, diencephalon, and brainstem

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Medial Pathway

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Controls gross movements of trunk and proximal limbs

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What Information Do Medial Motor Pathways Carry? (4)

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Motor information related to posture, balance, visual, and auditory reflexes

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Where Do Upper Motor Neurons Of Medial Pathways Come From?

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Nuclei of CN 8 and other brainstem nuclei

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Where Do Lower Motor Neurons Of Medial Pathways Come From?

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Anterior gray horns of spinal cord

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Lateral Pathway

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Controls fine movements of distal upper extremities

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Where Do Upper Motor Neurons Of Lower Pathways Come From?

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Nuclei in midbrain

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Where Do Lower Motor Neurons Of Lower Pathways Come From?

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Anterior gray horn of cervical spinal cord

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Basal Nuclei And Cerebellum

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Exert control of somatic motor pathways by facilitating or inhibiting upper motor neurons,
Do this in response to incoming sensory information (proprioception and visual info)

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Visceral Pathways

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Visceral sensory system carries sensory information from internal organs to regions of brainstem but does not reach the cerebral cortex

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