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13 Cards in this Set
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Name the 2 main sensory spinal tracts:
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1. Spinothalamic Tract
2. Dorsal Column Pathway |
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Name the main motor spinal pathway:
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Corticospinal Tract
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Which tract carries information on pain and coarse touch?
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Spinothalamic Tract
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Which tract carries information on light touch?
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Dorsal Column Pathway
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What kind of information does the Corticospinal Tract convey?
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Voluntary skeletal muscle movements
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Where in the spinal cord does the Corticospinal tract travel through?
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the ventral horn
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Where does the corticospinal tract arise from?
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Primary motor cortex
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Where does the Corticospinal tract decussate?
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Along the Pyramids in the junction between Medulla and Spinal Cord
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Nociceptors send signals via:
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Spinothalamic tract
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Joint Capsules send signals via:
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Dorsal Column pathway
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Which tract decussates in the Spinal cord at point of entry via ventral white commissure?
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Spinothalamic tract
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Dorsal column pathway decussates where?
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lower Medulla
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In the Dorsal Column pathway, which area of the Midbrain, Pons and Medulla do the fibres pass through?
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The Medial Lemniscus
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