Unlike the anterolateral and dorsal-column/medial-lemniscal systems,the spinocerebellar tractsa. are descending tracts.b. transmit information from the same side of the body as the side ofthe CNS to which they project.c. have four neurons in each pathway.d. carry only pain sensations.e. have primary neurons that synapse in the thalamus.

Unlike the anterolateral and dorsal-column/medial-lemniscal systems,the spinocerebellar tractsa. are descending tracts.b. transmit information from the same side of the body as the side ofthe CNS to which they project.c. have four neurons in each pathway.d. carry only pain sensations.e. have primary neurons that synapse in the thalamus.

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Unlike the anterolateral and dorsal-column/medial-lemniscal systems,
the spinocerebellar tracts
a. are descending tracts.
b. transmit information from the same side of the body as the side of
the CNS to which they project.
c. have four neurons in each pathway.
d. carry only pain sensations.
e. have primary neurons that synapse in the thalamus.

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