Lateral raphespinal tract

The lateral raphespinal tract is a tract in the spinal cord. It is located in the lateral funiculus and function to modulate pain transmission.

References

This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org

Anatomical hierarchy

Human anatomy 1

Systemic anatomy >
Nervous system >
Central part of nervous system; Central nervous system >
Brain >
Rhombencephalon; Hindbrain >
Myelencephalon; Medulla oblongata; Bulb >
White substance >
Lateral raphespinal tract

Underlying structures: There are no anatomical children for this anatomical part

Human neuroanatomy

Central nervous system >
Brain >
Brain stem >
Myelencephalon >
Internal features >
White matter >
Long tracts >
Descending tracts >
Raphespinal tracts >
Lateral raphespinal tract

Underlying structures: There are no anatomical children for this anatomical part

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Tractus raphespinalis lateralis

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