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As a result of a continuous chronic encephalopathy a patient has developed spontaneous motions and disorder of torso muscle tone. These are the symptoms of the disorder of the following conduction tract:

Answer options

  1. Tractus tectospinalis
  2. Tractus corticonuclearis
  3. Tractus corticospinalis
  4. Tractus spinothalamicus
  5. Tractus rubrospinalis
Correct answer

Tractus rubrospinalis

Explanation

The tractus rubrospinal is an extrapyramidal motor tract that runs from the motor Red Nucleus to the spinal cord, mainly responsible for movement in upper extremities, this includes the torso.A rudimentary knowledge of Latin will help you a lot when it comes to the nervous system. Finding out the literal English translations of the structures is a very good idea.

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