SPINAL CORD

Dr. Bernadett Pua Velasco

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Anterior Anterior Anterior Corticospinal

Spinothalamic Vestibulospinal
Anterior Reticulospinal
Tectospinal

Posterior Fasciculus Gracilis None known

Fasciculus Cuneatus

Lateral Lateral Lateral Corticospinal

Spinothalamic Rubrospinal
Dorsal LateralnReticulospinal
Spinocerebellar Olivospinal
Ventral Descending Autonomic
Spinocerebellar fiber Tract
Spinotectal
Lissauer’s or
posterolateral tract
Spinoreticular Tract
 Ascending
Pathways
Dorsal Skin, Dorsal Dorsal Fine
Column Joints, Column Column touch,
Tendon nuclei proprioc
eption,
2pt
discrimi
Spinoth Skin Dorsal Sharp nation
Ventrola
alamic Horn pain, T, teral
Crude column
touch
 Ascending
Pathways
Dorsal Muscle Cerebell Moveme Lateral
spinocer spindle, um nt and column
ebellar GTO, position
Touch mechani
and P sm
receptor
Ventral sMuscle Cerebell Moveme Lateral
Spinocer spindle, um nt and column
ebellar GTO, position
Touch mechani
and P sm
receptor
 Ascending
Pathways

Spinoret Deep Reticula Deep Ventrola

icular somatic r and teral
structur Formati chronic column
Spinotec es
Spinal on
Tectum, pain
Head- Ventral
tal cord midbrai eye column
n moveme
Spino- Spinal Inferior nt
Postural Ventral
olivary Cord olivary reflexes
reflex column
nucleus mechani
sm
 Descending
Lateral Pathways
Motor AHC Fine Lateral
Corticos and motor column
pinal premoto function
r cortex Modulati
on of
sensory
function
Anterior Motor AHC Gross Anterior
Corticos and and column
pinal premoto postural
r cortex motor
function
 Descending
Pathways

Vestribu Lateral AHC Postural Ventral

lospinal and reflexes column
medial
Vestibul
ar
Rubrospi nucleus
Red Ventral Motor Lateral
nal nucleus horn function column
interneu
rons
 Descending
Pathways
Reticulo Reticula Dorsal Modulati Anterior
spinal r and on of column
formatio Ventral sensory
n horn transmis
sion,
modulati
on of
spinal
reflexes
Descend Hypotha Pregang Modulati Lateral
ing lamus, lionic on of column
autono BS neurons autono
mic nuclei mmic
function
 Descending
Pathways
Tectospi Midbrain Ventral Reflex Ventral
nal horn head column
interneu turning
rons
Medial Vestibul Cervical Coordin Ventral
longitudi ar nuclei gray ation of column
nal head
fasciculu and eye
s moveme
nt
Motor pathway
Cerebral Cortex Cerebral Cortex

Cervicomedullary Junction

Anterior CST Lateral CST

AHC AHC

Striated Muscle Striated Muscle

Pain
Pathway
Postcentral gyrus Postcentral gyrus

Thalamus Thalamus

Cervicomedullary Junction

PHC PHC

DRG DRG

FNE FNE
Proprioception
Pathway
Postcentral gyrus Postcentral gyrus

Thalamus Thalamus

Medulla

Cervicomedullary Junction

PHC PHC

DRG DRG

Muscle spindle Muscle Spindle