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Lab 15: Ascending (Sensory) Tracts

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  • Fasciculus Cuneatus Tract

    Location: Posterior

    Function: general skin and proprioception from upper limbs and trunk to somatosensory cortex

  • Fasciculus Gracilis Tract

    Location: posterior

    Function: general skin and proprioception from lower limbs and body to somatosensory cortex

  • Lateral Spinothalamic Tract

    Location: Lateral

    Function: pain and temperature to the somatosensory cortex

  • Ventral Spinothalamic Tract

    Location: Anterior

    Function: crude touch and pressure to the somatosensory cortex

  • Dorsal Spinocerebellar Tract

    Location: Lateral

    Function: transmits proprioception to same side of cerebellum from trunk and lower limb

  • Ventral Spinocerebellar Tract

    Location: Lateral

    Function: transmits proprioception to same side of cerebellum from trunk and lower limb