tractus spinocervicalis

tractus spinocervicalis
[TA] spinocervical tract: a somatosensory pathway consisting of fibers that pass out of the posterior spinocerebellar tract, pass through the lateral cervical nucleus, and ascend with the medial lemniscus to the nucleus ventralis posterolateralis of the thalamus.

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