All about the Somatosensory Pathway

Neuro has to be one of the difficult specialties to understand. It’s complex and medical school doesn’t often make it straightforward. There’s a ton (quite literally!) of resources available to learn but this tutorial hopefully will tell you all (if not most!) of what you need while at medical school.

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Learning Outcomes:
List the main types of somatosensory pathways
Describe briefly about the dorsal column medial lemniscus pathway and explain how it can be clinically examined
Describe briefly about the anterolateral system and explain how it can be clinically examined
Explain how patients present regarding common somatosensory deficits
Describe briefly the function of the spinocerebellar pathway