SC - Ascending (sensory) Tract

Question 1

Lateral spinothalamic

Answer 1

Decussate: Spinal cord level

F: Pain and temperature

Question 2

Ventral spinothalamic

Answer 2

D: Spinal cord level
F: Pressure and crude touch

Question 3

Dorsal column

Answer 3

D: Medulla - medial lemniscus after nucleus gracilis (NG) and cuneatus (NC)
F: Vibration, proprioception, two-joint discrimination

Question 4

Spinocerebellar

Answer 4

D: don’t decussate, but vSPC decussate twice at the SC
F: proprioception in joints and muscles

Question 5

Cuneocerebellar

Answer 5

D: don’t decussate
F: Proprioception in joint and muscles (like the SPC for UL)

Question 6

Spinoreticular

Answer 6

D: spinal cord
F: Integration of stimuli from joints and muscles into the reticular formation