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Preferred term

Spinothalamic Tracts  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A bundle of NERVE FIBERS connecting each posterior horn of the spinal cord to the opposite side of the THALAMUS, carrying information about pain, temperature, and touch. It is one of two major routes by which afferent spinal NERVE FIBERS carrying sensations of somaesthesis are transmitted to the THALAMUS.

In other languages

  • French

  • Faisceau spino-thalamique
  • Faisceau spinothalamique
  • Faisceaux spinothalamiques
  • Tractus spino-thalamique
  • Tractus spinothalamique
  • Voies spinothalamiques

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X78LWXTX-0

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