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Nerve Tracts/Pathways Flashcards

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Thalamus

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-interprets sensation information and perceives it

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Name of Pathways

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-origin and site of termination for 2nd order neruon

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Types of Somatosensory Pathways to Brain

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Conscious Relay:
-info about location and stimulus type to conscious awareness
-discriminative sensations

Divergent:
-info to many locations in brainstem and cerebrum
-conscious and non-conscious

Non-Conscious Relay:
-proprioceptive and other movement to cerebellum

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Conscious Relay Pathways

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-info about location and stimulus type to conscious awareness
-discriminative sensations
Crude Awareness: thalamus
Detailed Awareness: somatosensory cortex

Dorsal Column
Anterolateral Column

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Divergent Relay Pathways

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-info to many locations in brainstem and cerebrum
-conscious and non-conscious
-medial/slow nociception
-subconscious temperatue

Spinomesencephalic, spinoreticular and spino-emotional tracts

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Non-Conscious Relay Pathways

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-proprioceptive and other movement to cerebellum

Spinocerebellar Tracts

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Grey Matter Fibers

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-Motor
-cortex filled with cell bodies, folded in 6 layers
-Pyramidal cell: primary output

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White Matter Fibers

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Projection fibers, commissural fibers, Association fibers

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Descending Motor Fibers

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Pyramidal Tracts: cerebral cortex
Extrapyramidal Tracts: Brainstem

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Flexor-Extensor Rule

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-MNs that innervate flexors are located posteriorly to MNs that innervate extensors

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Proximal-Distal Rule

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-MNs that innervate distal muscles are located laterally to MNs that innervate proximal muscles

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Lateral Corticospinal Tracts

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-crossed at pyramidal decussation of medulla
-fractionated movements
-primary motor cortex
-most CST fibers
-descends in lat funiculus

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Medial Corticospinal Tracts

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-uncrossed
-postural movements
-originates from premotor cortex
-descends in venttral funiculus

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Nonspecific Motor tracts

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-facilitate activity of interneurons and MNs
-activate during intense emotions

Ceruleospinal and Raphespinal Tracts

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Corticobrainstem Tracts

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-voluntary control of many MM of head and neck
-originate in cortex motor areas and reach CN nuclei in brainstem

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Secondary Somatosensory Gyrus

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-post to primary
-processes info from primary and thalamus for stereognosis and sensory memory

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Dorsal Column Medial Leminiscus

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-Ascending tract
-Light touch, proprioception, sterognosis

1st: Dorsal horn ganglion to FG or FC
2nd: Nucleus Gracilis or Cuneatus in Medulla

CROSS with Internal Arcuate Fibers
3rd: Thalamus to PSSC

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Anterolateral System

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-ascending tract
-crude touch
Anterior: crude touch
Lateral: Fast nociception and temp

1st: Dorsal root ganglion to DH

CROSS at Anterior Commissure

2nd: Anterior commisure and travels up LST to thalamus
3rd: Thalamus to PSSC

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Medial Nociception

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-dull/slow pain
-ascending, divergent pathway

1st: C fibers with free ending in DH

CROSS

2nd:
Spinomesencephalic: Sup. colliculi and periaqueductal grey

Spinoreticular: Reticular Formation

Spinoemotional: Cortex
-reaches consciousness

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Dorsal Spinocerebellar

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-ascending, LE, uncrossed
-Nonconsious postural movements
-coordination and proprioception

1st: DRG to via FG Clark’s Nucleus
2nd: Up DPT through Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle to Cerebellum

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Ventral Spinocerebellar

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-ascending, LE, crossed, bilateral
-Nonconsious postural movements
-coordination and proprioception

1st: Anterior Hron
CROSS
2nd: Up VPT through Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
CROSS to Cerebellum

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Cuneocerebellar

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-ascending, UE, uncrossed
-Nonconsious postural movements
-coordination and proprioception

1st: DRG to Nucleus Cuneatus
2nd: Up NC through Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle to Cerebellum

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Rostrospinocerebellar

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-ascending, UE, uncrossed
-Nonconsious postural movements
-coordination and proprioception

1st: DRG to Superior Cerebellar Peduncles to cerebellum

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Medial/Ventral Corticospinal Tract

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-automatic trunk movements, uncrossed
-pyramidal

Premotor cortex > internal capsule > Cerebral Peduncle (midbrain)> FG> medial/anterior horn

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Lateral Corticospinal Tract

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-voluntary limb mmts
-pyramidal

Primary Motor Cortex> internal capsule> Cerebral peduncles (midbrain)>crosses at decussation of medulla>FC>lateral horn

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Corticobulbar Tract

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-facial movements
-Pyramidal

Primary motor cortex> cerebral peduncles> crosses a lot at CNs> exits cervical ventral horn

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Reticulospinal Tract

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-extrapyramidal
-postural and gross movements (walking), extensors

Reticular formation in Pons>FG>ventral horn

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Vestibulospinal Tract

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-extrapyramidal
-postural and vestibular movements
Medial: head and neck motions to maintain position
Lateral: limb and trunk reactions to gravity

Vestibular Nuclei in Pons and medulla>lateral column>ventral horn

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Rubrospinal Tract

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-extrapyramidal

Red nucleus (midbrain)>cross> down RST of lat column>ventral horn

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