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Co 17
Chapter 17
Pathways and Integrative
Functions
Characteristics of Pathways
• Communication of CNS with
body structures through
pathways
• Tracts = groups or bundles of
axons that travel together in CNS
• Nucleus = collection of neuron
cell bodies within CNS
• Somatotropy = correspondence
between body area of receptors
and functional areas in cerebral
cortex
Sensory Pathways
• Somatosensory
pathways process stimuli
from receptors within
skin, muscles, and joints
• Viscerosensory
pathways process stimuli
received from the viscera
3
Functional anatomy of sensory pathways
two or three neurons
• primary neuron: dendrites are part of receptor that
detects a specific stimulus (pain, texture, vibration,
temperature, proprioception)
• secondary neuron: interneuron; cell body resides in
posterior horn of spinal cord or brainstem nucleus
– axon projects to thalamus for conscious sensations or
cerebellum for unconscious
• tertiary neuron: interneuron; cell body in thalamus
4
Fig. 17.1
Posterior
Fasciculus gracilis
funiculus-medial
Fasciculus cuneatus
lemniscal pathway
Posterior
• Posterior
funiculus-medial
lemniscal pathway
Posterior
spinocerebellar
tract
Spinocerebellar
Anterior
pathway
spinocerebellar
tract
Anterolateral
pathway
3 somatosensory
pathways
Lateral spinothalamic
tract
Anterior spinothalamic
tract
Anterior
– projects through
spinal cord,
brainstem,
diencephalon,
cerebral cortex
– conducts stimuli re:
proprioceptive
information and
discriminative touch,
precise pressure, and
vibration
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Fig. 17.2 – Posterior Funiculus-Medial Lemniscal Pathway
Right side of body
Left side of body
Cerebrum
Primary somatosensory
cortex (postcentral gyrus)
Tertiary neuron
Thalamus
Secondary neuron
Medial lemniscus
Midbrain
Medulla oblongata
Receptors for discriminative
touch, proprioception, precise
pressure, and vibration (from
neck, trunk, limbs)
Anterior root
Posterior root
Spinal cord
Nucleus gracilis
Nucleus cuneatus
Medial lemniscus
Decussation prior to entry
into the medial lemniscus
Posterior
funiculus-medial
lemniscal
pathway
• Travels through
fasciculus gracilis
from lower half of
body
• Travels through
fasciulus cuneatus
from upper half of
body
Primary neuron
Fasciculus gracilis Posterior
Fasciculus cuneatus
funiculus
Pathway direction
Fig. 17.1
Posterior
Fasciculus gracilis
funiculus-medial
Fasciculus cuneatus
lemniscal pathway
Spinocerebellar
pathway
Anterolateral
pathway
Posterior
3 somatosensory
pathways
• Anterolateral
pathway
Posterior
spinocerebellar
tract
Anterior
spinocerebellar
tract
– composed of anterior
spinothalamic tract
and lateral
spinothalamic tract
– Conduct stimuli
related to crude touch
and pressure, pain
and temperature
Lateral spinothalamic
tract
Anterior spinothalamic
tract
Anterior
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Fig. 17.3 Anterolateral Pathway
Right side of body
Cerebrum
Left side of body
Primary somatosensory
cortex (postcentral gyrus)
Tertiary neuron
Thalamus
Midbrain
Secondary neuron
Pons
Medulla oblongata
Receptors for pain,
temperature, crude
touch, pressure
Primary neuron
Posterior horn
Spinal cord
Anterior spinothalamic tract
Lateral spinothalamic tract
Anterolateral
pathway
• composed of anterior
spinothalamic tract and
lateral spinothalamic
tract
• Conduct stimuli related to
crude touch and pressure,
pain and temperature
Fig. 17.1
Posterior
Fasciculus gracilis
funiculus-medial
Fasciculus cuneatus
lemniscal pathway
Spinocerebellar
pathway
Anterolateral
pathway
Posterior
3 somatosensory
pathways
• Spinocerebellar
pathway
• conducts
proprioceptive info
Posterior
spinocerebellar
tract
Anterior
spinocerebellar
tract
Lateral spinothalamic
tract
Anterior spinothalamic
tract
Anterior
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Fig. 17.4 Spinocerebellar Pathway
Right side of body
Left side of body
Cerebellum
Pons
Secondary neuron
Posterior spinocerebellar tract
Anterior spinocerebellar tract
Spinocerebellar pathway
Medulla oblongata
Proprioceptive input
from joints, muscles,
and tendons
Primary neuron
Spinal cord
Pathway direction
Spinocerebellar
pathway
• anterior tract
conducts
impulses from
lower half of
body
• posterior tract
from upper half
of body
Fig. 17.5 Descending Projection Tracts
Posterior
Motor Pathways
• composed of cerebral
nuclei, parts of
cerebellum, descending
projection tracts, and
motor neurons
• descending projection
tracts originate from
cerebral cortex and
brainstem
Lateral
corticospinal tract
Rubrospinal tract
Anterior
corticospinal tract
Reticulospinal tract
Vestibulospinal tract
Tectospinal tract
Anterior
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Pathway direction
Right side of body
Cerebrum
Thalamus
Left side of body
Primary motor cortex
(precentral gyrus)
Internal capsule
Upper motor
neurons
Midbrain
Corticospinal tracts
(combined anterior
and lateral tracts)
Cerebral peduncle
Fourth ventricle
Medulla oblongata
Anterior corticospinal tract
To skeletal
muscles
Decussation in pyramids
of medulla oblongata
Lateral corticospinal tract
Lower
motor neurons
Spinal cord
Decussation in spinal cord
Motor Pathways
• Contain upper and
lower motor
neurons
• upper motor
neuron housed
within cerebral
cortex or a nucleus
in brainstem
– synapse on lower
motor neurons or
interneurons
Pathway direction
Right side of body
Cerebrum
Thalamus
Left side of body
Primary motor cortex
(precentral gyrus)
Internal capsule
Upper motor
neurons
Midbrain
Corticospinal tracts
(combined anterior
and lateral tracts)
Cerebral peduncle
Fourth ventricle
Medulla oblongata
Anterior corticospinal tract
To skeletal
muscles
Decussation in pyramids
of medulla oblongata
Lateral corticospinal tract
Lower
motor neurons
Spinal cord
Decussation in spinal cord
Motor Pathways
• Contain upper and
lower motor
neurons
• lower motor
neuron cell body
housed within
anterior horn of
spinal cord or
brainstem
– axons project from
CNS to skeletal
muscle
Pathway direction
Right side of body
Cerebrum
Thalamus
Left side of body
Primary motor cortex
(precentral gyrus)
Internal capsule
Upper motor
neurons
Midbrain
Corticospinal tracts
(combined anterior
and lateral tracts)
Cerebral peduncle
Fourth ventricle
Medulla oblongata
Anterior corticospinal tract
To skeletal
muscles
Decussation in pyramids
of medulla oblongata
Lateral corticospinal tract
Lower
motor neurons
Spinal cord
Decussation in spinal cord
Motor Pathways
• Upper motor
neurons may
excite or inhibit
lower motor neuron
(make more or less
likely to contract)
• Lower motor
neurons are
always excitatory