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Which descending tract is responsible for fine voluntary movement and muscle tone?
Which descending tract is responsible for fine voluntary movement and muscle tone?
- Vestibulospinal
- Reticulospinal
- Rubrospinal (extrapyramidal)
- Corticospinal (pyramidal) (correct)
What are the components required for good motor control?
What are the components required for good motor control?
- Descending paths, spinal reflexes, sensory feedback (correct)
- Basal ganglia, cerebellum, muscles, joints
- Vision, balance, practice
- All of the above
Which term refers to all the other tracts ending in 'spinal' apart from the corticospinal tract?
Which term refers to all the other tracts ending in 'spinal' apart from the corticospinal tract?
- Reticulospinal
- Tectospinal
- Vestibulospinal
- Rubrospinal (extrapyramidal) (correct)
What is the old term for the pons and medulla?
What is the old term for the pons and medulla?
Which tract is visualized using diffusion tensor MRI in the provided link?
Which tract is visualized using diffusion tensor MRI in the provided link?