SC White Matter and Tracts Flashcards
What are tracts?
BUNDLE OF AXONS IN CNS
__________ __________ consists of myelinated and unmyelinated axons of sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons.
WHITE MATTER
Ascending tracts are ______________.
SENSORY
AFFERENT
Descending tracts are _____________.
MOTOR
EFFERENT
Most sensory tracts begin with what prefix?
Followed by part of brain where tract leads.
SPINO
Motor tracts end with what suffix?
SPINAL
Name the aka for fasiculus gracilis?
TRACT OF GOLL
Name the aka for fasiculus cuneatus?
TRACT OF BURDACH
Fasiculus gracilis picks up info from where?
LOWER LIMBS/TRUNK
T7 and BELOW
Fasiculus cuneatus picks up info from where?
UPPER LIMB
T6 and above
A _________ __________ is ONE motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers that it innervates.
MOTOR UNIT
What is a motor pool?
ALL UNITS WITHIN 1MM