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Motor/Descending Tracts
Principals
8
Health Care
Professional
09/03/2013

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Term
Proximal muscle flexors of upper extremity, inhibits extensor muscles (from Red Nucleus of Midbrain)
Definition
Rubrospinal
Term
Extensor muscles of back or arms, influences alpha and gamma motor neurons in spinal reflex
Definition
Reticulospinal
Term
Neck muscles, causes head to turn toward a stimulus
Definition
Tectospinal
Term
reflex to light
Definition
Superior colliculus
Term
reflex to sound
Definition
Inferior colliculus
Term
Facilitates extensor muscles and inhibits flexors to maintain balance (antigravity muscles)
Definition
Vestibulospinal
Term
Distal extremities, gross and posture motor
Definition
Anterior Corticospinal
Term
Distal extremities,fine motor function
Definition
Lateral Corticospinal
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