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Author: Martini
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Match the term tectospinal tracts with the most closely related description given below:

Second order

Pain, temperature, crude touch, pressure

Voluntary control skeletal muscle

Subconscious control of distal limb musculature

Afferent

Information about “what,” “where,” and “when”

Unconscious proprioception

Crossover

Position change—noise related.

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The tectospinal tract is also referred to as colliculospinal tract. These tracts direct reflexive posture movements and changes due to visual and auditory stimuli. This tract receives axons from the inferior and superior colliculi.

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