spinal cords
Vertebral nerve bundles
Spinal cords is the plural of spinal cord, the bundle of nerve tissue running through the vertebral column that transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body.
Damage to the spinal cord can cause paralysis.
The plural appears in comparative anatomy or when discussing multiple organisms: Researchers examined the spinal cords of several species.
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- nerve impulsesElectrochemical messages between neurons
- lower backSpine's bottom section
- central nervous systemBrain plus spinal cord
CNS · gray matter · proprioception · neurons · myelin · white matter · reflexes · lumbar puncture · axons · myelopathy · Christopher Reeve · meninges · motor control · neurosurgery · discs · paralysis · nerve damage · impulses
spinal cordsperipheral nerves
Neural pathways outside CNS
peripheral nervous system · cranial nerves · nerve endings · sensory receptors · ganglia
spinal cordsbrain
Seat of cognition
cerebrum · cerebral cortex · brainstem · limbic system · prefrontal cortex
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