Which Statement Describes Descending Tracts

question 270

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes descending tracts

• A)They relay messages from the brain to the efferent neurons.
• B)They involve the lateral spinothalamic tract.
• C)They are part of the peripheral nervous system.
• D)They are a bundle of neuronal axons, some afferent and some efferent.

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