Spinothalamic Tracts Flashcards
1
Q
Haptic axons (touch and body awareness)
A
Posterior spinothalamic tract
2
Q
Enters spinal cord and ascends dorsally, synapses in nuclei at the base of the brain
A
Posterior spinothalamic
3
Q
Most axons go to the Somatosensory cortex
A
Posterior spinothalamic
4
Q
Nociceptive axons
A
Anterior spinothalamic
5
Q
Synapses with neurons in the anterior part of the spinal cord’s gray matter
A
Anterior spinothalamic
6
Q
Axons from the spinal neurons cross to the anterior part of the opposite side of the spinal cord and ascend to the ventrolateral thalamus
A
Anterior spinothalamic
