Somatosensory pathways Flashcards
Anterolateral pathway - modalities
Crude touch
Nociception
Temperature
… from contralateral body
Dorsal column pathway - modalities
Discrete touch Pressure Vibration Conscious proprioception ... from ipsilateral upper limb (cuneatus) and lower limb (gracilis)
Anterolateral pathway - location of 1st order neuron cell body
Dorsal root ganglion
Dorsal column pathway - location of 1st order neuron cell body
Dorsal root ganglion
Anterolateral pathway - location of 2nd order neuron cell body
Dorsal horn of spinal cord
Dorsal column pathway - location of 2nd order neuron cell body
Nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus
Anterolateral pathway - location of 3rd order neuron cell body
VPL of thalamus
Dorsal column pathway - location of 3rd order neuron cell body
VPL of thalamus
Anterolateral pathway - location of decussation
Spinal cord via and anterior white commissure
Dorsal column pathway - location of decussation
Caudal medulla
Anterolateral pathway - somatotopic organisation
New fibres join at the anteromedial edge - sacral most lateral, cervical most medial
Dorsal column pathway - somatotopic organisation
New fibres joint at the lateral edge - cervical most lateral, sacral most medial
Anterolateral pathway - location of final synapse
Primary somatosensory cortex - postcentral gyrus
Dorsal column pathway - location of final synapse
Primary somatosensory cortex - postcentral gyrus
Anterolateral pathway - contributing fasciculi
1 - anterolateral fasciculus
Dorsal column pathway - contributing fasciculi
2 - fasciculus gracilis (medial) and fasciculus cuneatus (lateral)