Pain Tutorial

Ascending and descending pathways of the spinal cord

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  • Know the general layout of spinal cord pathways and name them.
  • Be able to relate the spinal cord pathways to their function.
  • Understand the somatotopic organization of spinal cord pathways.
  • Know how vertebral segments and spinal nerves are named.
  • Know that spinal cord pathways decussate and where they do so.