SPINOTHALAMIC AND CORTICOSPINAL TRACT; COMPARISON

BAYETA, JENNICA MAYE ZARA BSN III-I

COMPARISON
SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT
Sensory pathway

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
Motor pathway

Ascending pathway

escending pathway

estination! tha"a#$s

%this #eans that spinotha"a#ic tract trans#it in&or#ation to the tha"a#$s

estination! spina" cord

%corticospina" tract cond$cts i#p$"ses &ro# the 'rain to the spina" cord

COMPARISON
SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT Responsi'"e &or cond$ction o& pain, te#perat$re, proprioception, &ine to$ch, cr$de to$ch, itch, and (i'ratory sense ec$ssates at the "e(e" o& spina" cord CORTICOSPINAL TRACT

Responsi'"e &or discrete (o"$ntary #o(e#ents! precise #o(e#ent o& the &ingers and toes ec$ssates at the "e(e" o& #ed$""a o'"ongata

DECUSSATION
)))the cross-o(er o& the tract &ro# one side to the other) This e*p"ains why there are instances that the "e&t side o& the 'ody is contro""ed 'y the right 'rain he#isphere)

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE :)

Spinothalami t!a t and o!ti o"pinal t!a t di&&ers in the "ocation where each order o& ne$ron ends)

SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT
+"ow o& arrange#ent))) #"t o!$%! n%&!on
Arise &ro# sensory receptors o& the 'ody The &i'ers enter the white #ater and ends at the s$'stantia ge"atinosa, tip o& posterior gray horn

'n$ o!$%! n%&!on The &i'ers o& ,st order ne$ron synapse with the -nd order ne$ron at the s$'stantia ge"atinosa These &i'ers then cross to the opposite side %.ain and te#perat$re &i'ers enters the "atera" spinotha"a#ic tract

SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT
%/ight to$ch and press$re &i'ers enters the anterior spinotha"a#ic tract These tracts ascends to 'rainste# %to #ed$""a, pons and #idrain %tracts &"attened in the 'rain ste# 0spina" "e#nisc$s1 Reaches the (entra" postero"atera" n$c"e$s o& the tha"a#$s and ends here

SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT
(!$ o!$%! n%&!on Arise &ro# the tha"a#$s and pass thro$gh the interna" caps$"e %tha"a#ocortica" &i'ers pass thro$gh the #edia" part o& the posterior "i#' o& the interna" caps$"e Enters the postcentra" gyr$s %sensory corte* o& the cere'r$# %'ehind the cetran" s$"c$s %sa#e h$#$nc$"$s arrange#ent 0#ore sensiti(e areas in the 'ody ha(e a greater representation

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
+"ow o& arrange#ent))

#"t o!$%! n%&!on +i'ers o& the ,st order ne$ron arise &ro# the precentra" gyr$s These &i'ers con(erge and enter a s#a"" area 0interna" caps$"e1 A&ter the interna" caps$"e the &i'ers enter the 'rain ste#, pons, and #ed$""a 'n$ o!$%! n%&!on +i'ers o& the &irst order ne$rons ends when it enters the 'rain ste# and synapse with second order ne$ron The &i'ers pass thro$gh the 'rain ste# then enters the spina" cord

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
(!$ o!$%! n%&!on -nd order ne$ron &i'ers in the #ed$""a enters the spina" cord and synapse with the 2rd order ne$ron

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT

)LOW O) ORDER NEURONS