Function of the Ascending Tracts

  1. Lateral spinothalamic tract
    2. Painful and thermal sensation
  2. Anterior spinothalamic tract
    3. Light touch and pressure
  3. Posterior white column
    4. Discriminative touch
    Vibratory sensation
    Consciousness muscle and joint sensation
  4. Anterior and posterior spinocerebellar tracts
    5. Unconsciousness information from muscles, joints, the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  5. Spinotectal tract
    6. Spinovisual reflexes
  6. Spinorecticular tract
    7. Muscles, joints and skin
  7. Spino-olivary tract
    8. Indirect pathway for further afferent information to reach the cerebellum