{"id":108,"date":"2016-08-06T07:56:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=108"},"modified":"2017-02-07T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:30:29","slug":"string-art-axon-tracts-in-the-spinal-cord","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/chapter\/string-art-axon-tracts-in-the-spinal-cord\/","title":{"raw":"Axon Tracts in Spinal Cord String Art","rendered":"Axon Tracts in Spinal Cord String Art"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Introduction<\/h1>\r\nThese string boards are based on classic 1970's string art. Students use their hands and coloured wool to trace and learn several axon tracts:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Spinal reflex arc<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Corticospinal tract (motor)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dorsal column tract (sensory)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Spinothalamic tract (sensory)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Spinocerebellar tract (sensory)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Model<\/h1>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-159x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-176 size-medium\" width=\"159\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\r\nfinal composite image<a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00.jpg\">\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-178\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h1>Construction<\/h1>\r\nStylised images of different levels of the brain and spinal cord (based on actual sections) were drawn out and the various tracts and nuclei marked out within them. The final composite image <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_template.pdf\">template (PDF 965KB)<\/a> was printed out on adhesive plastic and stuck onto board. Nails were hammered in - large headed nails for cell bodies and finer nails for waypoints. A <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_cheatsheet.pdf\">cheat sheet (PDF 102KB)<\/a> was also produced to assist the students.\r\n<h1>Attribution<\/h1>\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anatomy-teaching-models.wiki.otago.ac.nz\/index.php\/String_Art\" title=\"String Art\">String Art: Axon Tracts in the Spinal Cord<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\nDr Marilyn Duxson, Dr Ping Liu and Dr Brad Hurren (academic support), Fieke Neuman and Robbie McPhee (initial drawings and final artwork), Alex Witherow (wooden boards). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/anatomy\">Department of Anatomy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\">University of Otago<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/by-nc-sa.svg\" alt=\"CC by-nc-sa\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-205\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis work is licensed under a <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>","rendered":"<h1>Introduction<\/h1>\n<p>These string boards are based on classic 1970&#8217;s string art. Students use their hands and coloured wool to trace and learn several axon tracts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinal reflex arc<\/li>\n<li>Corticospinal tract (motor)<\/li>\n<li>Dorsal column tract (sensory)<\/li>\n<li>Spinothalamic tract (sensory)<\/li>\n<li>Spinocerebellar tract (sensory)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Model<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-159x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-176 size-medium\" width=\"159\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-768x1449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-543x1024.jpg 543w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-65x123.jpg 65w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-225x425.jpg 225w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00-350x660.jpg 350w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00.jpg 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfinal composite image<a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_00.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-178\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_02.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_03.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"axon tracts in spinal chord string art\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_04.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Construction<\/h1>\n<p>Stylised images of different levels of the brain and spinal cord (based on actual sections) were drawn out and the various tracts and nuclei marked out within them. The final composite image <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_template.pdf\">template (PDF 965KB)<\/a> was printed out on adhesive plastic and stuck onto board. Nails were hammered in &#8211; large headed nails for cell bodies and finer nails for waypoints. A <a href=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/axon_tracts_spinal_chord_cheatsheet.pdf\">cheat sheet (PDF 102KB)<\/a> was also produced to assist the students.<\/p>\n<h1>Attribution<\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anatomy-teaching-models.wiki.otago.ac.nz\/index.php\/String_Art\" title=\"String Art\">String Art: Axon Tracts in the Spinal Cord<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Marilyn Duxson, Dr Ping Liu and Dr Brad Hurren (academic support), Fieke Neuman and Robbie McPhee (initial drawings and final artwork), Alex Witherow (wooden boards). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/anatomy\">Department of Anatomy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\">University of Otago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/08\/by-nc-sa.svg\" alt=\"CC by-nc-sa\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This work is licensed under a <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Axon Tracts in Spinal Cord String Art","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"chapter-type":[47],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-108","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-standard"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/108\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/108\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/on-linelearning.ca\/fabric-anatomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}