Spinal cord

Question 1

Spinal cord consists of what?

Answer 1

Vertebrae and spinal nerve

Question 2

Primary functions of the spinal cord

Answer 2

• transmission of information from brain to control motor movements and body functions
• transmission of sensory information from sense receptors to brain
• control of reflexes

Question 3

Vertebrae

Answer 3

• cervical
• thoracic
• lumbar
• sacral
• coccygeal
• cauda equina

Question 4

Spinal nerve

Answer 4

• small bundles of fibers emerge from dorsal and ventral surface of s.c.
• groups of nerves fuse together and become the dorsal and ventral roots
• dorsal and ventral roots join to become spinal nerves