Exam 19: The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves

These fiber tracts carry signals about voluntary movement to the spinal cord.

Somatosensory functions are carried out in this part of the spinal cord.

The meninges that cover the spinal cord from outermost to innermost are .

This nerve, arising from the cervical plexus, is essential for normal breathing.

In addition to its role in spinal reflex activity, the spinal cord also _ .

These horns of the spinal cord are present only in the thoracic and lumbar regions.

The varicella zoster virus causing chicken pox can stay dormant in the sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglion. It can get reactivated later on in life causing .

Nerves serving the lower limb issue from this enlargement of the spinal cord.

The odd tingling sensation that you experiences when you hit the funny bone is due to trauma to the nerve.

The ventral rami of spinal nerves form the major nerve plexuses.

These fiber tracts run between the dorsal horns.

The spinal nerves are nerves.

The following represents a collection of spinal nerve roots hanging from the inferior end of the spinal cord.

Ventral roots of spinal nerves are purely or primarily _.

Transection of the dorsal roots of spinal nerves C5 through T1 results in .

This extension of one of the meninges covering the spinal cord attaches it to the coccyx.

This nerve of the brachial plexus supplies all the extensor muscles of the upper limb.

These ascending (sensory) tracts are the most lateral ones between the dorsal and ventral roots of the spinal cord.

How many pairs of spinal nerves are present in humans?

Damage to the lumbar plexus is likely to affect .