ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your spinal cord is a cylindrical structure that runs through the center of your spine, from your brainstem to your low back. It’s a delicate structure that contains nerve bundles and cells that carry messages from your brain to the rest of your body. Your spinal cord is one of the main parts of your nervous system.

Detailed explanation-2: -This bundle is called the cauda equina because it resembles a horse’s tail. The cauda equina carries nerve impulses, both motor and sensory, to and from the legs. Like the brain, the spinal cord consists of gray and white matter. The butterfly-shaped center of the cord consists of gray matter.

Detailed explanation-3: -The spinal cord has a varying width, ranging from 0.5 inch thick in the cervical and lumbar regions to 0.25 inch thick in the thoracic area. The length of the spinal cord is approximately 45 cm (18 in) in men and about 43 cm (17 in) long in women.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nervous tissue composed of white and gray matter, is uniformly organized and is divided into four regions: cervical (C), thoracic (T), lumbar (L) and sacral (S), (Figure 3.1), each of which is comprised of several segments.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spinal cord – The longitudinal cord of nerve tissue enclosed in the spinal canal. It serves not only as a pathway for nerve impulses to and from the brain, but also as a center for operating and coordinating reflex actions independent of the brain.