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Spinal Cord

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  • The spinal cord is an important part of the central nervous system. It extends from neck to waist. 
  • Its main function is to send information from the brain to the body and from to the body to the brain.
  • It controls reflex actions like salivation, knee jerk, blinking of eyes. 
  • The spinal cord is connected to the periphery through 31 pairs of spinal nerves.
  • Each spinal nerve is joined to the spinal cord through two routes: the dorsal and ventral routes. 
  • If dorsal routes are injured, we will not have sensations while if ventral routes are injured, we will not be able to move our body and control reflex actions.

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