SCI: WHITE MATTER Flashcards
All segments
• Lighter crude touch &
pressure
Ventral/ Anterior
STT
mixture of both bray & white
matters, lateral to the posterior gray commissure;
most prominent in cervical segment
Reticular formation
Terminating at the nucleus
ventralis
Lateral CST
o Lateral, peripheral area
o Anterior funiculus
o Posterior funiculus
o Lateral funiculi
WHITE MATTER
T8-C1 only
• Conscious proprioception
of UE
Fasciculus
Cuneatus
The same function as medial
STT
Lateral
Vestibulospinal
Tract
All segment
Conscious proprioception
of LE
Fasciculus
Gracilis
Cauneal – UE, fine
Dorsal Spinal
Cerebellar Tract & Ventral Spinal
Cerebellar Tract
All segments
• Relays pain & temperature
Zone of Lissaure
(Dorsal Lateral
Fasciculus)
the thin zone of white matter
immediately surrounding the gray matter
Fasciculus proprius
L2-3 to C1
• Release unconscious
proprioception in jt & ms
Dorsal Spinal
Cerebellar Tract & Ventral Spinal
Cerebellar Tract
APL LPT
Anterior – pressure & light touch
Lateral – pain & temp
For anterior & lateral STT
For posture, balance,
automated gait related mvmt,
regulation of voluntary mvmt &
reflexes
Medial
Reticulospinal
Tract
C1-T8
• Relays motor impulses for
skilled mvmt in UE & axial
ms
Ventral/Anterior
CST
For positioning of the head & neck, posture & balance, & inhibition of flexors & promotion of extensor ms activities
Medial
Vestibulospinal
Tract