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The Spinal Cord Flashcards

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Ascending Tracts

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Afferent

Relay sensory feedback to the cerebrum and cerebellum

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Descending Tracts

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Efferent
Involved with voluntary motor function, muscle tone, reflexes, equilibrium, visceral innervation, and modulation of ascending sensory signals.

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Fasciculus cuneatus

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Ascending - Sensory

trunk, neck, and UE proprioception, vibration, two-point discrimination, and graphesthesia

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Fasciculus gracillis

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Ascending - Sensory

trunk, LE proprioception, vibration, two-point discrimination, and graphesthesia

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Spinocerebellar tract (dorsal)

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Ascending - Sensory
ascends to the cerebellum for ipsilateral subconscious proprioception, tension in muscles, joint sense, and posture of trunk and LEs

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Spinocerebellar tract (ventral)

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Ascending - Sensory
ascends to the cerebellum, ipsilateral subconscious proprioception tension on muscles, joint sense, and posture of the trunk, UEs, and LEs

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Spino-olivary tract

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Ascending - Sensory

ascends to the cerebellum and relays information from cutaneous and proprioceptive organs

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Spinoreticular tract

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Ascending - Sensory

the afferent pathway for the reticular formation that influences levels of consciousness

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Spinotectal tract

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Ascending - Sensory

provides afferent information for spinovisual reflexes and assists with movement of eyes and head towards stimulus

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Spinothalamic tract (anterior)

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Ascending - Sensory

crude touch and pressure

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Spinothalamic tract (lateral)

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Ascending - Sensory

Pain and temperature sensation

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Corticospinal tract (anterior)

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Descending - Motor

pyramidal motor tract responsible for ipsilateral voluntary, discrete and skilled movements

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Corticospinal tract (lateral)

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Descending - Motor
pyramidal motor tract responsible for contralateral voluntary fine movements
*damage responsible for positive Babinski sign

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Reticulospinal Tract

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Descending - Motor

Extrapyramidal motor tract responsible for facilitation or inhibition of voluntary and reflex activity

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Rubrospinal tract

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Descending - Motor
Extrapyramidal motor tract responsible for motor input of gross postural tone, facilitating activity or flexor muscles and inhibiting activity of extensor muscles

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Tectospinal tract

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Descending - Motor

Extrapyramidal motor tract responsible for contralateral postural muscle tone associated with auditory/visual stimuli

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Vestibulospinal tract

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Descending - Motor
Extrapyramidal motor tract responsible for ipsilateral gross postural adjustments subsequent to head movements.
*damage responsible for hypertonicity, increased DTRs

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