NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE
SPINALCORD
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tracts
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nuclei
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horns
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spinal nerves
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Sensory neurons carry signals from the body to the brain and/or spinal cord. Sensory neurons are found in our sensory organs such as our skin, tongue, ears, eyes and nose.
Detailed explanation-3: -The spinal cord white matter and its three columns, and the topographical location of the main ascending spinal cord tracts. Four different terms are often used to describe bundles of axons such as those found in the white matter: funiculus, fasciculus, tract, and pathway.