What Are the Names of the Separate Pathways in the Spinal

question 11

Multiple Choice

What are the names of the separate pathways in the spinal cord that support both voluntary and involuntary ventilation and transmit signals through descending pathways to motor neurons?

• A) Voluntary, reticulospinal; involuntary, corticospinal
• B) Voluntary, cervicothoracic; involuntary, reticulospinal
• C) Voluntary, corticospinal; involuntary, reticulospinal
• D) Voluntary, corticospinal; involuntary, cervicothoracic

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