KROK 1 2007 – Question 103 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
As a result of spinal-cord trauma a 33 y.o. man has a disturbed pain and temperature sensitivity that is caused by damage of the following tract:
- A. Lateral spinocortical
- B. Posterior spinocerebellar
- C. Anterior spinocerebellar
- D. Medial spinocortical
- E. Spinothalamic
Hint
Follow the ascending pathway for pain and temperature: the first neuron lies in the dorsal root ganglion and the second neuron crosses to the opposite side within the cord.
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