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Contralateral representation
Decussation = Crossing
R
Sensory
Medulla
Sensory organs
Sensory
Medulla
Sensory organs
Motor
Medulla
Effecter organs
Motor
Medulla
Effecter organs
R
Medulla
Sensory organs
Effecter organs
Corona radiata
Medulla
Ascending tracts
Internal capsule
Sensory
Medulla
Upper
medulla
Posterior surface
Internal capsule
Motor
Descending
tracts
Lower
medulla
Anterior surface
Internal capsule
20%
Internal capsule
Cranial nerves
Corticobulbar
Corticospinal
Spinal nerves
Ascending tracts
Left
White columns
Posterior white column
Posterior nerve root
Lateral
spinothalamic
Anterior
spinothalamic
Medulla
10
10
Pain &
temperature
Fasciculus gracilis
Fasciculus cuneatus
Internal capsule
Medulla
Anterior &
posterior
spinocerebellar
Left
Descending tracts
Lateral corticospinal
Olivospinal
Rubrospinal
Vestibulospinal
Anterior corticospinal
Tectospinal
Left
Lemniscus
This term is used for some ascending
(sensory) nerve tracts in the upper part of
the medulla, pons and midbrain
Spinal lemniscus
combination of spinothalamic, spinotectal
tracts
Medial lemniscus
crossed posterior column fibers
Lateral lemniscus
3rd neuron of auditory pathway
sensory
motor
Thalamic
Mid-braintem
Weakness
(UMN)
A
B
A Syringomyelia
A Syringomyelia
Loss of pain and
temperature sense
without loss of fine touch.
Discontinuous sensory
loss
Loss of upper limb reflexes
Symptoms progress when
Clinical Medicine by Kumar & Clearks
B Poliomyelitis
C Tabes dorsalis
Demyelination
C Tabes dorsalis
(of neurosyphilis)