Chapter 15, Problem 2RFT

Summary Introduction

To review:

Match the term sensory 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:

Tracts are special structures organized in the spinal cord. These tracts are further divided into two divisions, namely the ascending tract and the descending tract. The ascending tract transmits sensory signals and the descending tract transmits motor signals.