Primary Somatosensory Neurons That Serve the Lower Half of the Body

Question

Primary somatosensory neurons that serve the lower half of the body make synapses in the
A) Fasiculus gracilis
B) Nucleus gracilis
C) Fasiculus cuneatus
D) Nucleus cuneatus
E) Thalamus

Accepted Answer

Primary somatosensory neurons serving the lower half of the body synapse in the nucleus gracilis, which is part of the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway.