Tectospinal tract

Clinic

• Also named colliculospinal tract
• It is part of the extrapyramidal system, along with Vestibulospinal, Rubrospinal and Reticulospinal tract.
• It connects midbrain tectum (superior colliculus) and cervical regions of the spinal cord.

• It is responsible for motor impulses that arise from one side of the midbrain to muscles on the opposite side of the body (contralateral).

Function

• It coordinates head and eye movements.
• It mediate reflex postural movements of the head in response to visual and auditory stimuli.