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What are the “ascending tracts” of the spinal cord and what do they do?

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What are the “ascending tracts” of the spinal cord and what do they do?

  1. They are white matter and they transmit sensory information to the brain.
  2. They are gray matter and they transmit sensory information to the brain.
  3. They are white matter and they transmit motor information to the brain.
  4. They are gray matter and they transmit motor information to the brain.
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waelhammad
2022-10-19
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A: Tracts means white matter as axons are myelinated which makes them look white. Ascending means that the nerve impulses are going from body to brain, that is they are carrying sensory input to the brain. 

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