Tracts

Tracts of spinal cords

Ascending Tracts :
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sensory impulses Transmits to Brain

Dscending tructs : - motor impulses transmits from Brain to muscles

AscendingTracts
Antero-Lateral Pathway
=> major pathways- &
2
S

-
② &
Lateral spinothalamic
Dorsal column pathway Ventral spinothulamic
Tract of Gall & Burdach
Medial Lamnisans pathway Spino cerebellar pathway
Fasciculus gracilis & fas Cuneatus
.

* Dorsal Column Pathway Cull-Burdach]

Location : -
post White . funiculus of spinal cord
.

Origin :- nocons of est order sensory neurons

H
located in : -dorsal roof ganglia

Arrant
Part of Spinal cord
of fibers
-
-

-cuneutus
·

fasciculus grucilis fasciculus ⑤

⑭Dina
B
=>
· me
dially ·
Laterally
&
fibers from lower climbs See
Choracic & Cervical
d

reach

medulla

T
terminates in gucilis & curectus
cleus
nuclous of medulla]
2
 this and
-crossing
2nd order neurons :- struts from
D
medulla
-

terminate
·
don't synapse in the Ventral posterolateral nucleus
Spinal cord .
of
thalamus

ord order neurons : -

strat from Malamus
-
Passthrough internalcapsule
↓
Terminates in
Somatosensory are of
Erebral cortex .

·
 Medial Lemniscus

nucleus gracilise cnneatus form ->

> 2nd order
neurons

Their accents form

run forward & ↓
L "

-Internal arcuate fibres

medially to
cross the midline

-
This crossingHu fibres called
medial lemniscus
-
-

Function carry sensation of touch ,

proprioception &

vibration
component of touch

fine touch
Tactile localization : -
Localize a part of touched skin
Tactile discrimination : -

separate two point of skin

Stereognos :
-shape of objects by touch a closed eyes
.

Proprioceptive impulses
position of different parts of the body under
static condition & during body movements
CA-C Gas ABCD7D
key : normal sensation Like
Dain Hemp Crude touch
, :

S
- -

Lateral Spinothe
PLT O ) Anterior spino
↓
....
...

22em Antero-Lateral pathway

* Spinothalamic tracts

location : -
ant. spino that tract.
: -ante white .
funiculus
Late . Spino that truct
.
: -
Lateral funiculis

Origin - formed
:
by cocon of sensory cells of dorsal horn
↓
which form
2nd order neuron

zst order neuron-located in Spinal ganglic

C
Dorsal roof ganglin]

Receive from eutaneous receptors

Course : -

st order neurons terminate in dorsal horn

2nd order neurons cross : -

same segment of spinal cord

terminate : -on 3rd order neurons

V
↓
in

from this
entral posterior a
nucleos

S
z
thalamus
"
.

In Gall-Bardach track -
2nd order
neuron terminat in ventra post ....

8
O

ord order neuron terminated: -

somatosensory corte

Function : -

ant .
Spin that truct
.
- Crude touch

Late Spin that .

.
. track > pain & temp.

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M => did

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lastpainea
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 Carries proprioceptive impulses to cerebellum

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* Spino cerebellar tracts
Y
Ventual spino cerabellar Iorsal
D spinocerebellar

-
C Tower's tract]
↓
Proprioceptive implses
I
from >
-
↓
proprioceptive implses
·
-
-
Limb
Lower Limb
⑱r
-

>
-

Fibers are cross >

-
fibers arre not cross

· ventral spino .
Crower's tructs

Location : - Lateral white funiculus

origing 2nd order neurons - from Lamina V

: -

urising
V58
VII
Ist order neurons - located in I

dorsal root ganglia

↓
receives impulses from proprioceptive
receptors H
muscle spindle
,
Golgi London organs

course : majority of fibress cross opposite side

↓
ascend Latera funiculus

This fibres reach cerebellum

↓ through
perior
-
cerebellar pedunces
·
Dorsal spinocerebellar tract

Location :- In Lateral funiculus

origin & course : -same as vent spin creb

. .
tract

only difference not cross opposite side

fibres reach cerebellum

↓ through
Function inferior cerebellar pedunces
Carring
: -

-
-

propioceptive impulse
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names vie 21m
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other tructs
D
ascending
Ending in Brain stom

i v
Spino-reticular treet spino-tectal treat spino-olivary trust

Spinal Spinal cord To Sinal cord to

cord
-fTo - -
RAS superior colliculus
divany
=> arousing
alertness
consciousness => slow pain
Spinovisual reflec ↓ =>
proprioception
is a multisensory midbrain
structure

DescendingTracts
t various motor
concerned with activity of the
body
arising : - brain descending into--brain stem

Two divistion
-
Pyramidal Extrapyramidal
Cortico -
Spinal Rubro-spinal
L- Vestibulo-spinal
Latera Anteriorr...
Reticulo
...

spinal
280 %) goi
Tecto-spinal
Olivo-spinal
Medial Longitudinal fasciculus
I .
O Pyramidal tracts (corticospinal truets)

Origin i from cerebral cortes .

primary motor corte 30 %

premoter area 30 %

somatic sensory area not

Course :-
originated=
-
from Cerebral corte

descends >
-

through internal capsule

# in
brain stem into medulla
=> nerve fibers make pyramids in medulla

=> Lower part of medulla : truet divided

80 % SY 28 %
Lateral Corticospinal
-
Anterior
- corticospinal

Lateral cortico spinal not Lateral horne

-
· -

80 % Fibers crossed opposite Side

3
to

terminates : -ventral horn

-
of spinal cord.
-
These fibers supplies >
- skeletal muscle ->
through
Ventral nerve roof.

E
Upper motor neuron : -neurons giving origin to

⑪ the
H
fibers of pyramidal tract
along with their accons

.....
called
Lower motor neuron : -Ventral motor meurons in the spinal
cord with their coons

called
.....
·
Anterior cortico spinal tract
% uncrossed pyramidal fiber
⑮
20

fibers crosse midline at spinal segment level

Function
voluntary fine skilled movements of body
Cmuscles of fingers ,
hand a speech
①
Extrapyramidal tract

except pyramidal trael : -all descending pyramidal tracts

called
"
eatra pyramidal tracts

Only
mames are important :-

Features of
3 . Rubrospinal tract UMN lesion

.
2 Vestibulospinal tract =>Contralateral Memphegia
spastic Memlphegia (asp-Lusfe Kemlphe)
.
3 Reticulospinal tract Deep Reflex

=
Tendon enkle jurke T

All superficial Reflex Lost

n .

Tectospinal tract Plantar reflec ectensal plantar refle

divospinal tract
Babinsci sign te
S .

6 medial longitudinal fascicules

=> Location
post funiculus Lateral funiculus Anteri .
funces
Dorsal Column Last spino thal I
. .

Latera cortico Spin

.
-
ant spirothal 1
Ante Cortio spinal
.

3 forminate
.

Dorsal Lorno
into
of
Spinal cord

=> cortico spinal tracts termitate into

Ventral horn of spiral cord

Lateral
Spinothalamic To interior
Corticospinal >
-
Dorsalmor Centrals
 Brown Sequard Syndrome

Introduction : -

Causes : -

= Major tract affected :-

·
Ascending tracts >
- Dorsal column

Spinothalamic CAnt-Lat tracts

Loss functions (Dorsal Colloumn]
fine touch vibration Tactile Localization
Pressure strengnosis Tactile Discrimination

Loss function Spinothalamic

Anti-Crause touch
Lateral : -Pain , Temp

Descending tracts pyramidal tracks (Cortico Spinal) -

motor sensation
Bow :

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