BIOL 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Cauda Equina, Dorsal Root Ganglion, Posterior Grey Column

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Lecture 20: neurobiology vi - organization of the spinal cord. Describe the general organization of the spinal cord, including the arrangement of white and gray matter, spinal nerves, and the cauda equina. Identify and describe the functions of the following structures of the spinal cord: dorsal horn; ventral horn; dorsal root ganglia; dorsal root; ventral root; and the spinal nerve. Explain the path of sensory information from a peripheral receptor to the somatosensory sensory area of the cerebral cortex. The spinal cord is a cylinder of nervous tissue, continuous with the lower end of the brain, surrounded by the vertebral column. It ends at the level of l2 vertebra in adults. It is composed of an inner core of gray matter and an outer coat of white matter. This is spinal cord is divided opposite of the matter arrangement in the cerebral hemispheres. The from superior to inferior into five regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal.

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