The main pathway for fine discriminative touch information from the hand to the cerebral cortex includes:

A. group A-? axons ? fasciculus cuneatus ? medial lemniscus ? VPL ? postcentral gyrus
B. group C axons ? fasciculus cuneatus ? medial lemniscus ? VPL ? postcentral gyrus
C. group A-? axons ? fasciculus cuneatus ? medial lemniscus ? VPL ? precentral gyrus
D. group C axons ? fasciculus cuneatus ? medial lemniscus ? VPL ? precentral gyrus
E. group A-? axons ? fasciculus gracilis ? medial lemniscus ? VPL ? postcentral gyrus


ANS: A

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