Rotation: Spinal Cord Exercise

Question 1

What is the spinal cord structure that carries the axons from the contralateral corticospinal tract?

Answer 1

Lateral corticospinal tract

Question 2

Neurons with large red cell bodies in the gray matter of the spine?

Answer 2

Lower motor neurons

Question 3

Where is the substantia gelatinosa located?

Answer 3

At the posterior apex of the gray matter in the spine (this is where sensory axons enter the spine)

Question 4

The anterolateral tract carries ____________.

Answer 4

contralateral pain and temperature axons