Which statement is true regarding the spinal cord? a) The interior horns of the spinal cord receive information from the body b) The spinal cord is surrounded by the Dura matter only c) The spinal cord terminates into the upper thoracic region d) The lower lumbar region doesn't contain a spinal cord but rather a collection of nerve roots called the cauda equina

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Which statement is true regarding the spinal cord?

a) The interior horns of the spinal cord receive information from the body

b) The spinal cord is surrounded by the Dura matter only

c) The spinal cord terminates into the upper thoracic region

d) The lower lumbar region doesn't contain a spinal cord but rather a collection of nerve roots called the cauda equina

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Spinal nerves are the main nerves of the body. A overall of 31 pairs of spinal nerves manage motor, sensory, and different functions. These nerves are placed on the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal levels.

Each spinal nerve is shaped through the aggregate of nerve fibers from the dorsal and ventral roots of the spinal. The dorsal roots convey afferent sensory axons, even as the ventral roots convey efferent motor axons. The spinal nerve emerges from the spinal column via an opening among adjoining vertebrae.

The vertebral foramen affords for passage of the spinal. Each spinal nerve exits via an intervertebral foramen, placed among adjoining vertebrae. Intervertebral discs unite the bodies of adjoining vertebrae.   

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