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Mrs. T's sp cord
Mrs. T's sp cord stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carry out reflex actions | gray matter |
| small wings of butterfly | dorsal horns |
| carry info from brain down the spinal cord | motor tracts |
| spinal cord enters brain at this point | foramen magnum |
| shaped like a butterfly | gray matter |
| composed of myelinated axons | white matter |
| CSF fills this | central canal |
| relay info to and from brain | white matter |
| group of nerves at end of spinal cord | cauda equina |
| sensory tracts | ascending tracts |
| larger wings of butterfly | ventral horns |
| middle piece of gray matter that connects wings | gray commissure |
| be able to label cross section of spinal cord |