Spinal Cord Tracts

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Across
  1. 2. Descending pathway involved in posture muscle tone and automatic movements
  2. 4. Pathways that carry sensory information toward the brain
  3. 5. Type of information carried by descending pathways
  4. 6. Pathways that carry motor information from the brain to the spinal cord
  5. 11. Major descending pathway responsible for voluntary movement
  6. 15. Brain region important for coordination balance and unconscious proprioception
  7. 16. Type of information carried by ascending pathways
  8. 17. Term describing information travelling away from the central nervous system
  9. 18. Part of the spinal cord containing ascending and descending tracts
  10. 19. Major relay station for sensory information travelling to the cerebral cortex
Down
  1. 1. Descending motor pathway originating from the red nucleus
  2. 3. The sense of body position and movement
  3. 4. Term describing information travelling toward the central nervous system
  4. 7. Spinal root through which sensory information enters the spinal cord
  5. 8. Ascending pathway carrying unconscious proprioception to the cerebellum
  6. 9. Ascending pathway carrying fine touch vibration and conscious proprioception
  7. 10. Ascending tract carrying pain and temperature
  8. 12. Part of the spinal cord containing neuronal cell bodies and synapses
  9. 13. Descending pathway involved in balance and posture
  10. 14. Spinal root through which motor information exits the spinal cord