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The spinal cord is a collection of nerve tissue that arises from the brain stem. It is a site that contains many motor neurons, interneurons, and complex neural circuits. It is often called as ‘nuts and bolts’ of the nervous system. It controls and enables the forces on muscles and its adaptive movements. The nervous tissue of the spinal cord is composed of organized cells that involve the body movements and send the signals to different parts of the body. The spinal cord tracts are stimulatory nerve pathways that pass the information through action potentials. The spinal tracts are important to diagnose and manage the spinal cord damages or injuries. It consists of two kinds of tracts namely ascending tracts and descending tracts.
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- Watch this video (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/graymatter) to learn about the gray matter of the spinalcord that receives input from fibers of the dorsal (posterior)root and sends information out through the fibers of theventral (anterior) root. As discussed in this video, theseconnections represent the interactions of the CNS withperipheral structures for both sensory and motor functions.The cervical and lumbar spinal cords have enlargements asa result of larger populations of neurons. What are theseenlargements responsible for?arrow_forwardTrue and falsearrow_forwardwhat happens if only the dorsal white matter is damaged on only ONE side of the spinal cord, including whether or not both sensory tracts are impacted on that side of the body AND whether or not motor control damagedarrow_forward
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- Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap ...BiologyISBN:9781285866932Author:Lauralee SherwoodPublisher:Cengage Learning