What is spinal cord? Write function of spinal cord?
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Spinal cord does three types of functions. it carries message signals of motion from your brain to your body parts. it returns sensory signals from body parts to your brain. it performs reflexive actions.
Spinal cord does three types of functions
it carries message signals of motion from your brain to your body parts.
it returns sensory signals from body parts to your brain.
it performs reflexive actions
The spinal cord starts from the brain and extends to the vertebral column. It has 31 pairs of spinal nerves. It receive messages to and from the brain. It also controls reflex actions. There are 8 pairs of cervical nerves, 12 pairs of thoracic nerves, 5 pairs of Lambar nerves, five pairs of sacral nerves and a pair of coccygeal nerves. Medulla oblongata is the upper part of the spinal cord.