Spinal Cord Flashcards
Gracile Fasciculus
-main touch pathway
-fine touch, vibrations, conscious proprioception
-lower body to brain stem
Grey Matter
-unmyelinated neurons
-motor and sensory
-control movement
White Matter
-myelinated neurons
-tracts up and down SC
Cuneate Fasciculus
-only in cervical
-vibration and conscious perception and fine touch sensations from upper body
Gracile Nucleus
-dorsal column nuclei in medulla
-fine touch sensation and proprioception of lower body
Cuneate Nucleus
-info from upper body
-nucleus of dorsal column in medulla
Inferior Olivary Nucleus
-coordinate signals from SC to cerebellum to regulate coordination
Middle Cerebellar Peduncle
-connects cerebellum to pons
-largest afferent system in cerebellum
Periaqueductal Grey Matter
-modulation and propagation of pain
Spinal Cord I Zone
-dorsal horn
-marginal zone
-noxious stimuli
Spinal Cord II Zone
-Dorsal horn
-Substantia gelatinosa
Spinal Cord III Zone
-dorsal horn
-Nucleus proprius
-Proprioception
Spinal Cord IV Zone
-dorsal horn
-Nucleus proprius
Spinal Cord V Zone
-Dorsal horn
Spinal Cord VI Zone
-dorsal horn
Spinal Cord VII Zone
-intermediate zone
-Clark’s nucleus
Spinal Cord VIII Zone
-ventral horn
-commissural nucleus
Spinal Cord IX Zone
-ventral horn
-motor nuclei