Pain & Touch Pathways Flashcards
1
Q
Spinothalamic Tract
* kind of info
* decussation
* receptors
A
- pain & temperature
- decussation in spinal cord
- nociceptors & thermoreceptors
2
Q
Dorsal Column
Pain or touch? Where is decussation? What kind of receptors? What kind of information?
A
- touch & proprioception
- decussation in medulla
- mechanoreceptors & proprioceptors