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What are the receptors and functions for the Posterior Column - Medial Lemniscal system?
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receptors: meisner's, pacinian, ruffini, merkel's
functions: 1) conscious proprioception 2) discriminative touch 3) vibratory sense (*awareness of body position*) |
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What are the receptors and functions for the Spinocerebellar pathways?
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receptors: all types, Muscle Spindles (Ialpha), Golgi Tendon organs (Ibeta)
functions: unconscious proprioception |
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What are the receptors and functions of the Spinoreticular tract?
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receptors: all
functions: 1) cortical arousal - induce or maintain waking state 2) inputs into limbic cortex - nature of stimulus, quality of stimulus (good vs bad) |
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What are the receptors and functions of the Spinotectal tract?
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receptors: pain & proprioceptors
functions: turning head and trunk in direction of visual and auditory stimulus |
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What are the receptors and functions of the Spinothalamic tract?
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receptors: free nerve endings for pain & temperature
functions: pain and temperature |
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What are the receptors and functions for the anterior spinothalamic tract?
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receptors: for crude touch and pain
functions: crud touch (bumping into someone) |
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What tracts are contained within the Posterior Column - Medial Lemniscal system?
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1) Fasiculus Gracilis (lower limb T7-S5)
2) Fasiculus Cuneatus (upper limb C1-T6) |