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NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Vcstibular System: Vestihulospin.il Tracts

Figurę 2.37 Vestibulospinal Tracts

Sensory input fiom the vestibular apparatus is used to maintain sta-bility of the head and to maintain balance and posturę. Axons con-vey vestibular information to the vestibular nudei in the pons, and then sccondary axons distribute this Information to five sites: spinał cord (muscle control), cerebellum (vermis), reticular tormation (vt>m-iting center), extraocular niuscles, and cortex (ronscious perception). This figurę shows only the spinał cord pathways.

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