Spinal lamina VI

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Spinal lamina VI
Medulla spinalis - Substantia grisea. (Spinal lamina VI labeled at upper left.)
Latin lamina spinalis VI

Spinal lamina VI is a lamina of the spinal cord.

It is also known as the base of the posterior horn.[1] 'Fast pain' moves to Lamina VI, which controls flexion reflex (i.e. withdrawal from painful stimulus)

References

  1. ↑ Woolsey, Robert M.; Vernon W. Lin; Cardenas, Diana D.; Cutter, Nancy C.; Frederick S. Frost; Margaret C. Hammond; Laurie B. Lindblom; Inder Perkash; Robert Waters (2002). Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice. Demos Medical Publishing. ISBN 1-888799-61-7. 
Anatomy of torso (primarily): the spinal cord (TA 14.1.02, GA 9.749)
External, dorsal
Grey matter/
Rexed laminae
VIII–IX: Anterior horn
X: Other
White matter
somatic/
ascending
(blue)
motor/
descending
(red)
Lateral: Corticospinal (Lateral) · Ep (Rubrospinal, Olivospinal)
Anterior: Corticospinal (Anterior) · Ep (Vestibulospinal, Reticulospinal, Tectospinal)
both
External, ventral
External, general

M: CNS

anat (n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco (m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

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