Ascending Tracts

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Spinal Cord Cross section¹

Primary Tracts

Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscus (DCML)

Dorsal column medial lemniscus (DCML)

• Proprioception¹
• Vibratory sensation¹
• Deep touch¹
• Discriminative touch¹

Anterolateral system

• Consisting of
  • Spinothalamic¹
  • Spinoreticular¹
  • Spinotectal tracts¹
• Conveys
  • Pain¹
  • Temperature¹
  • Crude touch¹

Dorsal and ventral spinocerebellar tracts

• Unconscious proprioception¹

References

1.

O’Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ, Fulk GD, eds. Physical Rehabilitation. 7th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019.