Spinal Tract

Spinothalamic tract

There are two main parts of the spinothalamic tract(STT):

• The lateral spinothalamic tract trasmits pain and temperature
• The anterior spinothalamic tract (or ventral spinothalamic tract) transmits crude touch and firm pressure

The spinothalamic tract, like the dorsal column-medial lemniscus tract, uses three neurons to convey sensory information from the periphery to conscious level at the cerebral cortex.