name tectospinal_tract_of_spinal_cord namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent part_of_spinal_cord parent neural_pathway ACC [] cy0005735 label [med] Tractus tectospinalis medullae spinalis speciesNo [] 86 nameMedicineSynonym [] annotationRemark [] dka label [en] tectospinal tract of spinal cord organNo [] 25405 comment [en] The tectospinal tract (also known as colliculospinal tract) is a nerve pathway which coordinates head and eye movements. It is part of the indirect extrapyramidal tract. Specifically, the tectospinal tract connects the midbrain tectum and the spinal cord.It is responsible for motor impulses that arise from one side of the midbrain to muscles on the opposite side of the body. The function of the tectospinal tract is to mediate reflex postural movements of the head in response to visual and auditory stimuli.The portion of the midbrain from where this tract originates is the superior colliculus, which receives afferents from the visual nuclei (primarily the oculomotor nuclei complex), then projects to the contralateral portion of the spinal cord. The tract descends to the cervical spinal cord to terminate in Rexed laminae VI, VII, and VIII to coordinate head, neck, and eye movements, primarily in response to visual stimuli. comment [de] Vom Mittelhirndach im Vorderseitenstrang zu den Motoneuronen des Rückenmarks ziehende motorische extrapyramidale Bahn. hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glioblast hasCell astrocyte hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glial_cell_of_central_nervous_system isPartOf anterior_funiculus_of_spinal_cord