Describe and illustrate the pathway of the spinothalamic tract.

The spinothalamic tract is a __________________ that is responsible for __________________ from the ___________ to the _____________.

sensory (ascending) pathway; transmitting information about pain, temperature, and crude touch; periphery; post central gyrus of the cerebral cortex

The stimulus is detected by ___________________ and transmitted through a ____________________ (whose cell body is located in the __________________) to the ______________.

mechanoreceptors in the skin; first order neuron; dorsal root ganglion; spinal cord

Then it ___________ in the _____________ with a _____________, which ____________, then travels up the ________________.

synapses; grey matter; second order neuron; decussates (crosses over); spinothalamic tract

The __________ then ________ in the ____________ with a _____________, which transmits to the _______________.

second order neuron; synapses; thalamus; third order neuron; post central gyrus of the cerebral cortex