Match these terms with their descriptions.

1. carry primarily efferent signals from the brain
2. projections of white matter that remain in the spinal cord
3. projections of white matter that remain in the spinal cord
4. projections that carry sensory information to the brain
5. myelinated axons with very few cell bodies

A. gray matter
B. white matter
C. ascending tracts
D. descending tracts
E. propriospinal tracts


1. D. descending tracts
2. E. propriospinal tracts
3. A. gray matter
4. C. ascending tracts
5. B. white matter

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