tracts Flashcards
rubrospinal
prox flexors
reticulospinal
extensors of back and arms
tectospinal
neck mm, light and sound reflex
inf colliculus
sound
sup colliculus
light
vestibulospinal (from vestibular nuclei)
extensors of back and legs
eyes via MLF
vestibulospinal (from cerebellum)
dentate nuc -> ant horn -> gamma motor neuron -> intrafusal fiber for tone
lateral corticospinal
decussates at medullary pyramids for distal flexors
ventral corticospinal
ducussates at spinal level for flexors of trunk
spinothalamic receptors
unmyelniated c fibers, free naked nerve endings
lateral spinothalamic
pain and temp
rexed 2 -> rexed 7 -> lateral spinothalamic tract -> vpl of contralat thalamus -> contralat cortex
where does lateral spinothalamic synapse
post horn/tractof lissauer/rexed lamina 2
substantia gelatinosa - blocks pain
syringomyelia
dilation of central canal at c5/6
cuts spinothalamic tract
cape/shawl dist
ventral spinothalamic
crude touch
rexed 2 -> rexed 7 -> ventral spinothalamic tract -> vpl of contralat thalamus -> contralat cortex
fast pain fibers
compression of A-beta