Spinothalamic Tracts Flashcards by Maddie Carty

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Haptic axons (touch and body awareness)

A

Posterior spinothalamic tract

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Enters spinal cord and ascends dorsally, synapses in nuclei at the base of the brain

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Posterior spinothalamic

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Most axons go to the Somatosensory cortex

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Posterior spinothalamic

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Q

Nociceptive axons

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Anterior spinothalamic

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Synapses with neurons in the anterior part of the spinal cord’s gray matter

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Anterior spinothalamic

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Axons from the spinal neurons cross to the anterior part of the opposite side of the spinal cord and ascend to the ventrolateral thalamus

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Anterior spinothalamic

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