this image shows the tract responsible for the pain and tactile sensation displaying its pathway ( and differ whether the sensation is from the face or the rest of the body)
showing:
1. spinal nerve
2. dorsal horn
3. spinal cord
4. brain stem
5. gracile and cuneate nuclei and tracts
6. medial lemniscus
7. spinothalamic tract
8. VPLN of the thalamus
9. trigeminal nerve
10. trigeminal nuclear complex
11. trigeminal lemniscus
12. trigeminothalamic tract
13. internal capsule
14. primary somatosensory cortex( face of body)
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