Question

explain spinal cord

Answer 1

the cylindrical bundle of nerve fibres and associated tissue which is enclosed in the spine and connects nearly all parts of the body to the brain, with which it forms the central nervous system.

Answer 2

Answer:

The spinal cord has a deep, narrow dorsal

fissure and a broad ventral fissure.

The inner grey matter is H-shaped and the

outer white matter surrounds it.

.Grey matter is divisible into six horns,

namely dorsal, lateral and ventral horns.

The white matter is divisible into 6 columns

or furiculi, namely dorsal, lateral and

ventral funiculi.

.The dorsal and ventral horns extend out of

the spinal cord as dorsal root and ventral

root.

.The dorsal root has dorsal root ganglion

which is a collection of unipolar sensory

neurons. No such ganglia on ventral root

The adjustor/associalion or inter-neurons

lie inside the grey matter.