Which of the Following is the Best Description of a Motor

Question

Which of the following is the best description of a motor tract?
A) Spinothalamic tract
B) Ascending tract
C) Descending tract
D) Gray matter

Accepted Answer

A motor tract is a descending tract, meaning it carries information from the brain down to the spinal cord to control motor movements. Choices A and B refer to ascending tracts, which carry sensory information up from the spinal cord to the brain. Gray matter refers to the regions of the nervous system that contain cell bodies and synapses, but is not specific to motor tracts.