Spinal Pathways - summary Dr. Johnson Flashcards
Dorsal Col.-Med. Lemnis
Type: Ascending Origin: DRG collaterals Spinal Location: Dorsal Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Ipsilateral Supraspinal Termination: Gracile or Cuneate Nuc. Function: Tactile and Conscious Proprio.
Spinocervicothalamic
Type: Ascending
Origin: Dorsal Horn
Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus
Spinal Laterality: Ipsilateral
Supraspinal Termination: Second Cervical Segment
Function: SD Pain, Tactile, Conscious Prop.
Lateral Spinothalamic
Type: Ascending Origin: Dorsal Horn Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Contralateral Supraspinal Termination: VCL (VPL) Thalamus Function: SD Pain, Temperature
Medial Spinothalamic
Type: Ascending Origin: Dorsal Horn Spinal Location: Ventral Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Bilateral Supraspinal Termination: Medial Thalamus Function: MA Pain
Spinoreticular
Type: Ascending Origin: Dorsal Horn Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Bilateral Supraspinal Termination: Medial Thalamus Function: MA Pain
Dorsal Spinocerebellar
Type: Ascending Origin: Dorsal Horn Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Ipsilateral Supraspinal Termination: Cerebellum Function: Unconscious Propriocept.
Ventral Spinocerebellar
Type: Ascending Origin: Dorsal Horn Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Contralateral Supraspinal Termination: Cerebellum Function: Spinal CPG Monitoring
Corticospinal (bulbar
Corticobulbar pathway axons serving as UMNs to the muscles in the
head terminate in the motor nuclei of the cranial nerves in the brainstem
Type: Descending
Origin: Motor Cortex
Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus
Spinal Laterality: Contralateral
Spinal Termination: Distal Limb LMN Pools/CPG
Function: Facil. Flexion, Inhib. Extension
Rubrospinal
Type: Descending
Origin: Red Nucleus
Spinal Location: Lateral Funiculus
Spinal Laterality: Contralateral
Spinal Termination: Forelimb LMN Pools/CPG
Function: Facil. Flexion, Inhib. Extension
Lateral Vestibulospinal
Type: Descending
Origin: Lat. Vestib. Nuc.
Spinal Location: Ventral Funiculus
Spinal Laterality: Ipsilateral
Spinal Termination: Prox. /axial LMN Pools/CPG
Function: Facil. Extension, Inhib. Flexion
Medullary Reticulospinal
Type: Descending
Origin: Medull.Retic.Form.
Spinal Location: Ventral Funiculus
Spinal Laterality: Bilateral
Spinal Termination: Prox./axial LMN Pools/CPG
Function: Facil. Flexion, Inhib. Extension
Tectospinal
Type: Descending Origin: Rostral Colliculus Spinal Location: Ventral Funiculus Spinal Laterality: Contralateral Spinal Termination: Prox./axial LMN Pools/CPG Function: Visual/Audit Startle Reflexes