Sensory decussation

Sensory decussation
Brain: Sensory decussation
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The sensory tract.
Latin decussatio lemnisci medialis
Gray's subject #187 777
NeuroNames hier-785

The sensory decussation or decussation of the lemniscus is a decussation or cross over of axons from the gracile nucleus and cuneate nucleus. The fibres of this decussation are called the internal arcuate fibres and are found at the superior aspect of the closed medulla superior to the motor decussation. It is part of the second neuron in the Posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway.

Additional images

  • Deep dissection of brain-stem. Ventral view.

  • Superior terminations of the posterior fasciculi of the medulla spinalis.

  • Transverse section passing through the sensory decussation.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eHuman brain: rhombencephalon, myelencephalon: medulla (TA A14.1.04, GA 9.767)
Dorsal
Surface
Grey: other
White: Sensory/ascending
White: Motor/descending
Ventral
White: Motor/descending
Surface
Anterior median fissure · Anterolateral sulcus · Olive · Pyramid
Grey: Raphe/
reticular

M: CNS

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proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)
v · d · eBrain and spinal cord: neural tracts and fasciculi
Sensory/
ascending
Fast/lateral
Slow/medial
1° (Group C nerve fiber → Spinoreticular tract → Reticular formation) → 2° (MD of Thalamus) → 3° (Cingulate cortex)
Motor/
descending
Pyramidal
Cerebellar
Afferent
Efferent
Bidirectional:
Spinocerebellar
Unc. prop.

M: CNS

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proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: PNS

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noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)



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