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which best describes the function of the corticospinal tract? transmits pain and temperature sensations carries afferent sensory signals for vibration relays proprioceptive information carries efferent motor signals
The corticospinal tract is a major motor pathway in the central nervous system. It carries signals from the cerebral cortex to the spinal cord, which are efferent (motor) signals that control voluntary movement. The other options describe sensory pathways: pain/temperature is carried by spinothalamic tracts, vibration and proprioception by dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathways.
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Carries efferent motor signals