Chapter 15, Problem 5RFT

Summary Introduction

To review:

Match the term spinothalamic with the most closely related description given below:

Second order

Pain, temperature, crude touch, pressure

Voluntary control skeletal muscle

Subconscious control of distal limb musculature

Afferent

Information about “what,” “where,” and “when”

Unconscious proprioception

Crossover

Position change noise-related

Introduction:

The spinothalamic tracts are also known as the anterolateral system, which transmits signals from the skin to the thalamus in the brain. They are composed of all the three orders (the first, second, and the third order) of the neurons.