KROK 1 2015 – Question 56 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
As a result of a continuous chronic encephalopathy a patient has developed spontaneous motions and disorder of torso muscle tone. These are the symptoms of the disorder of the following conduction tract:
- A. Tractus spinothalamicus
- B. Tractus corticospinalis
- C. Tractus rubrospinalis
- D. Tractus corticonuclearis
- E. Tractus tectospinalis
Hint
Think about which descending system regulates muscle tone and involuntary motor activity, as opposed to carrying commands for voluntary movement or conducting sensation.
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