Sensory information in the posterior columns ________.

A) carries sensations of pain, temperature, and "crude" sensations of touch and pressure
B) decussate at the midline of the length of the pyramids
C) is carried by axons of first-order sensory neurons that synapse on second-order neurons in the dorsal horns of the spinal cord
D) is integrated by the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus
E) is defined as a loosely organized network of neurons that extends throughout the brainstem