1 sensory organ - sensory nerves - spinal cord - brain 2 brain - motor nerves - spinal cord - muscles
Introduction. Spinal cord reflexes are simple behaviors produced by central nervous system (CNS) pathways that lie entirely within the spinal cord. The sensory afferent fibers that evoke these reflexes enter the spinal cord and activate spinal motor neurons directly or through a chain of one or more spinal interneurons
The spinal cord transmits messages between the body and brain through nerve pathways.
Sensory information
The thalamus is the brain structure that directs sensory and motor neuron pathways passing between the spinal cord and cerebral cortex. It acts as a relay station for sensory information to reach the cortex for processing and plays a key role in regulating motor functions.
The corticospinal tract, extrapyramidal system, and rubrospinal tract together form the major outgoing motor pathways from the brain to the body. These pathways control voluntary movement and posture by transmitting motor signals from the brain to the spinal cord and ultimately to the muscles.
Nerves
Descending pathways of the central nervous system are primarily composed of motor neurons that carry signals from the brain to the spinal cord and peripheral nerves. These pathways are responsible for executing voluntary movements, regulating reflexes, and coordinating motor functions throughout the body.
Alpha motor neurons (α-MNs) are large lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord.
Spastic dysarthria is caused by damage to the primary voluntary motor pathways, which originate in the frontal lobes of the brain and descend to the brainstem and spinal cord.
afferent nerves of the ascending spinal pathways.
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