Rubrospinal tract
Rubrospinal tract is 2a, in red at left.
Latin
tractus rubrospinalis
Gray's
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System
MeSH
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The rubrospinal tract is a part of the nervous system . It is a part of the indirect extra-pyramidal tract and is responsible for large muscle movement such as the arms and the legs.
It facilitates the flexion and inhibits the extension.
This is an alternative route for the mediation of voluntary movement.
It originates in the red nucleus --> crosses to the other side of the midbrain --> descends in the lateral part of the brainstem tegmentum --> travels through the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord in the company with the lateral corticospinal tract .
It is small and rudimentary in humans .
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Mesencephalon (midbrain)
cerebral peduncle : midbrain tegmentum (periaqueductal gray , ventral tegmentum , nucleus raphe dorsalis ), pretectum , substantia nigra , red nucleus , pedunculopontine nucleus , medial longitudinal fasciculus , medial lemniscus , rubrospinal tract , lateral lemniscus
tectum : corpora quadrigemina , inferior colliculi , superior colliculi
cerebral aqueduct : oculomotor nucleus , trochlear nucleus , Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Spinal cord
epidural space , dura mater , subdural space , arachnoid mater , subarachnoid space , pia mater , denticulate ligaments , conus medullaris , cauda equina , filum terminale , cervical enlargement , lumbar enlargement , anterior median fissure , dorsal root , dorsal root ganglion , dorsal ramus , ventral root , ventral ramus , sympathetic trunk , gray ramus communicans , white ramus communicans
grey matter : central canal , substantia gelatinosa of Rolando , reticular formation , substantia gelatinosa centralis , interneuron , anterior horn , lateral horn , posterior horn (column of Clarke , dorsal spinocerebellar tract )
white matter : anterior funiculus : descending (anterior corticospinal tract , vestibulospinal fasciculus , tectospinal tract ), ascending (anterior spinothalamic tract , anterior proper fasciculus )
lateral funiculus : descending (lateral corticospinal tract , rubrospinal tract , olivospinal tract ), ascending dorsal spinocerebellar tract , ventral spinocerebellar tract , spinothalamic tract , lateral spinothalamic tract , anterior spinothalamic tract , spinotectal tract , posterolateral tract , lateral proper fasciculus , medial longitudinal fasciculus
posterior funiculus : fasciculus gracilis , fasciculus cuneatus , posterior proper fasciculus