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Lateral spinothalamic tract

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The lateral spinothalamic tract carries sensation of:

  • pain
  • temperature
  • crude tactile sensation

These relay in the cord (posterior horn), and cross the midline a few segments higher to the opposite spinothalamic tract. They then travel in the lateral spinothalamic tract to the thalamus.

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