1. What tract of the spinal cord is responsible for proprioception, light touch, and vibration sense?
2. What tract is responsible for muscular position and tone and unconscious proprioception?
3. What tract is responsible for tactile sensation of crude touch and pressure?
4. What tract is responsible for pain and thermal sensation?
5. What tract is responsible for motor function of the arms and legs?
6. What tract is responsible for motor function of the neck and trunk?
Answers:
1. The fasciculus gracile (legs) and the fasciculus cuneate (arms), making up the dorsal columns.
2. Spinocerebellar
3. Ventral spinothalamic tract.
4. Lateral spinothalamic tract.
5. Lateral corticospinal tract.
6. Anterior corticospinal tract.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
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