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Spinal Cord - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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===Sensory Pathways===
===Sensory Pathways===
[[File:Spinal cord tracts - English.png|right|200px|thumb|Spinal cord tracts]]
The spinal cord contains a number of sensory (ascending) pathways or tracts contained within the white mater. These pathways allow sensory information such as pain, touch, temperature or kinaesthesia (concious proprioception) to be passed to through the spinal cord and on to higher levels of the brain.
The spinal cord contains a number of sensory (ascending) pathways or tracts contained within the white mater. These pathways allow sensory information such as pain, touch, temperature or kinaesthesia (concious proprioception) to be passed to through the spinal cord and on to higher levels of the brain.
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