Point 1


Intro

Pathway

Deficits

Summary

Problems


Contents

Anatomy

 

 

LET'S REVIEW THE DORSAL COLUMN SYSTEM

CELLS OF ORIGIN

ipsilateral dorsal root ganglia

  1. fasc. gracilis = T7 and below
  2. fasc. cuneatus = T6 and above

LOCATION

dorsal funiculus

TERMINATION

ipsilateral nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus (medulla)

LESION DEFICIT(S)

ipsilateral two point disc., vibration, conscious proprioception, astereognosia, agraphesthesia and ataxia