Neuroscience Pathways and Systems
Across
- 2. Ascending pathway relaying discriminative pain information to the somatosensory cortex
- 5. Acceleration communicated through the otolith organs (ultricle and saccule), with otoconia-topped membranes in maculae (vestibular)
- 6. Voluntary motor function system from Areas 4 and 6 to skeletal muscle via efferent neurons
- 9. Thoracolumbar structure containing sympathetic preganglionic neurons
- 10. Connects the cerebral cortex to the brainstem, enabling control of facial muscles, enabling speech etc
Down
- 1. Set of three pathways: vestibulospinal (head posture), tectospinal (orienting response), and reticulospinal (antigravity reflex)
- 3. Parasympathetic outflow through preganglionic neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord
- 4. Ascending pathway through the dorsal column relaying proprioceptive stimuli to the somatosensory cortex
- 7. This system contains the cochlear Organ of Corti (tectorial membrane etc), between the scala media and tympani
- 8. Acceleration communicated through the semicircular canals, with the ampulla containing cupula and endolymph (vestibular, nystagmus)