Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2, January 2008

Major ascending and descending tracts in the spinal cord

John Craven, FRCS, was formerly Consultant Surgeon at York Hospital, York, UK. He is past chairman of the primary examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Abstract 

This article provides a synopsis of the anatomy of the spinal cord with the emphasis on the position and function of the major tracts forming the posterior, lateral and anterior columns of the white matter.

Keywords: ascending pathways, descending pathways, grey matter, white matter

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00259-7

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.10.003

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2, January 2008

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