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What is the meaning of spinal lemniscus - is it the same as medial lemniscus and lateral lemniscus?
RedGuitar168
No, they are not the same thing. Spinal, medial, lateral and also trigeminal lemnisci can be found in the pons. They are bands of ascending sensory fibres in the brain stem and each of this lemnisci carry different types of sensations.
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