The medial pathway of the indirect motor pathway consists of three groups of tracts. The one that helps to control unskilled automatic movements related to posture and maintaining balance is the

A. reticulospinal tract.
B. vestibulospinal tract.
C. tectospinal tract.


Answer: A

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