All neural information is sent in the same manner, it is where , in the brain, the information is sent which determines how it will be interpreted and what type of corresponding information will be sent back as a response. Somatosensory axons from the skin, muscles, or internal organs enter the central nervous system via spinal nerves. Somatosensory nerves located in the face and head primarily enter the brain through the cranial nerves. Axons that convey precisely localized information ascend throughout the dorsal columns in the white matter of the spinal cord to nuclei in the lower medulla. From there, axons actually cross to the hemisphere opposite the side of the body that the stimuli was received.
Axons cross to the opposite side of the brain at the medulla, travel to the thalamus.
The thalamus is divided into several nuclei, or groups of neurons of similar shape and function. Some of these nuclei receive the sensory information from the ascending pathways and project it out to the somatosensory cortex so that it can be interpreted. From here these neurons ascend through the spinothalamic tract to the nuclei in the thalamus, subsequently being passed to the correct region of the brain for interpretation. Motor Pathways Information is sent to muscles in the body through motor pathways. This information allows you to flex your biceps, squeeze a tennis ball, correct your posture, move.