BA-4

primary motor cortex
BA-6

supplementary motor area
BA-8

Frontal Eye Fields
BA-44-45

Broca’s Area

third order neuron

second order neurons

first order neruons

First order neurons

Corticospinal tract
(cortex to spine, motor)

Spinocerebellar
(from spine to cerebellum)

spinothalmic tract
The corticospinal cord connects into the anterior horn and into green neurons.

Alpha Motor Neuron

effector neurons

internal capsule

pyramids

pyramidal decussation

C1

free nerve endings

Tactile Merkel’s Disk
SA1

Ruffini Corpuscle
SA2

Meissner’s Corpuscle of Touch
discovered by anatomist Georg Meissner (1829–1905) and Rudolf Wagner[1]) are a type of mechanoreceptor.

hair root plexus

Laminated Pacinian Corpuscle
dermatomes sense the thumb

C6
