General Sensory Systems

Part of the book series: Oklahoma Notes ((OKLAHOMA))

Abstract

Ascending in the spinal cord to higher centers in the nervous system, are two particularly important pathways:

I.
SPINO THALAMIC SYSTEM - pain, thermal sensation and crude touch.
II.
POSTERIOR COLUMN SYSTEM - vibratory sense, two point discrimination, joint position sense and discriminatory touch.

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Department of Anatomical Sciences Health Sciences Center, The University of Oklahoma at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK, 73190, USA
P. A. Roberts Ph.D.

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Roberts, P.A. (1987). General Sensory Systems. In: Neuroanatomy. Oklahoma Notes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0286-5_3