Lecture 4: Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves and Reflexes

Question 1

What are the four essential spinal cord functions?

Answer 1

1. Relays sensory information from periphery to brain (somatic and visual)
2. Contains motor neurons (somatic and visceral)
3. Direct (local) connections between motor and sensory information: reflexes
4. Relays motor information from brain to muscles (somatic visceral)