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- In humans, the tectospinal tract (or colliculospinal tract) is a nerve tract that coordinates head and eye movements. This tract is part of the extrapyramidal...
- basis of equilibrium information provided by the vestibular system. tectospinal tract: This tract projects from the midbrain to the spinal cord and is...
- along with other extra-pyramidal tracts including the vestibulospinal, tectospinal, and reticulospinal tracts. The tract is responsible for large muscle...
- neurons. These are the rubrospinal tract, the vestibulospinal tract, the tectospinal tract and the reticulospinal tract. The rubrospinal tract descends with...
- Temporopontine fibers Corticobulbar tract Corticomesencephalic tract Tectospinal tract Interstitiospinal tract Rubrospinal tract Rubro-olivary tract Olivocerebellar...
- vestibulo–ocular reflex, and the optokinetic reflex. It also carries the descending tectospinal tract and medial vestibulospinal tracts into the cervical spinal cord...
- musculature, swallowing and tongue movements. colliculospinal tract (tectospinal tract) from the superior colliculus to lower motor neurons Involved in...
- corticobulbar tracts are pyramidal tracts controlling voluntary movement. The tectospinal, rubrospinal, vestibulospinal, and reticulospinal tracts are extrapyramidal...
- Vestibular nuclei Spinal cord Vestibulospinal tract Midbrain tectum Spinal cord Tectospinal tract Reticular formation Spinal cord Reticulospinal tract...
- remain ipsilateral), and are involved with saccadic eye movements. The tectospinal tract connects the superior colliculi to the cervical nerves of the neck...