Spinal Tracts

Question 1

Tracts def

Answer 1

=neural pathways in spinal cord which carry info up and down spinal cord

Question 2

Ascending

Answer 2

Spininalthalamic- anterior= crude touch, lateral= pain and temperature
Spinocerebellar- muscle spindle, Golgi tendon organ
Dorsal column- conscious proprioception, vibration, fine touch- affected by diabetes

Question 3

Descending

Answer 3

Pyrimidal- conscious control of muscles from cerebral cortex to muscles of body and face (corticospinal- contraction. Myotomes)
Extra pyrimidal- unconscious, reflexive or responsive control of muscles from various brain stem structures to postural or antigravity muscles