Task 5 Knowledge Clip Flashcards
Motor system has a lot of tracts going through the spinal cord which ones are those?
Dorso lateral cortico spinal tract
Dorsolateral corticorubrospinal tract
Ventromedial corticospinal tract
Ventromedial cortico-brainstem-spinal tract
What do all these tracts have in common?
They go from the cortex to the spinal cord
Dorsolateral and ventromedial similitude?
Both are direct and have nothing added
Similitude dorsolateral rubro ventromedial brain stem?
They stop somewhere indirect
Rubro at the red nucleus
Ventral st the brain stem
Dorsolateral
Meaning that they’re towards the back also they are more lateral towards the side
But they are contralateral
They are for distal muscles finger toes etc
Ventromedial
They’re more towards the belly and to the middle
These tracts are ipsilateral start I se side end on the sides
Arms shoulders upper legs