GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ventral horns contains the cell bodies of motor neurons that send axons via the ventral roots of the spinal nerves to terminate on striated muscles.

Detailed explanation-2: -The said horn (anterior horn) mainly possesses somatic motor nuclei (or alpha motor neuron cell bodies) that function to control all the motor or movement functions of the skeletal muscles. These motor neurons supply the skeletal muscles with nerves that directly control their contraction process.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spinal cord section showing the white and the gray matter in four spinal cord levels. The gray matter mainly contains the cell bodies of neurons and glia and is divided into four main columns: dorsal horn, intermediate column, lateral horn and ventral horn column.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ventral rootlets from discrete spinal cord section unite and form the ventral root, which contain motor nerve axons from motor and visceral motor neurons.

Detailed explanation-5: -The anterior horn contains the cell bodies of somatic motor neurons, and it sends its axons out the anterior root of the spinal nerve to the muscle cells it innervates.