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Author: Dean Hillman

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ASCENDING SENSORY PATHWAYS BODY SENSES SENSORY MODALITY RECEPTORS RECEPTORS IN SKIN ASCENDING PATHWAYS Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells BODY SURFACE SENSE PATHWAY Dorsal Column continued 2 DORSAL COLUMN PATHWA Y-SPECIFIC SENSORY PATHWAYS Sensory Decussation Ventral Posterior Thalamus (VPL) PAIN PATHWAY Ventral White Commissure SUMMARY OF PAIN PATHWAY- ALS (Lateral Spinothalamic Tract)- Fifth Nerve- Distribution ASCENDING PATHWAYS LOCALIZED IN: 2 Pt & PAIN Slide 18 PowerPoint Presentation Slide 20 2Pt & PAIN Summary Brainstem Pathways Localization of lesions- Longitudinal versus Transverse Organization SENSORY DECUSS-ATION Rhomboid Obex & Trigones Mid Open-medulla Foramen of Luschka Facial Colliculus- Sixth/Seventh 5th level Decussation of the 4th Nerve INF COLL 4th Nerve Trochlear Nucleus Superior Colliculus/3rd Nerve POSTERIOR COMMISSURE TACTILE SENSORY THALAMUS Lateral View Sensory Homunculus Hypothesis of Crossed Cortical Functions- Visual Based Crossed Versus Uncrossed SOURCES & TARGETS Brainstem Decussations- Sensory SUMMARY OF SENSORY CONTACT