Spinal cord

• Diagram of the spinal cord:

  A) sensory neuron

  B) gray matter

  C) white matter

  D) dorsal root

  E) dorsal root ganglion

  F) .

  G) dorsal horn

  H) motor neuron

  I) ventral horn

  J) ventral root

  K) spinal nerve

  
• Function of spinal cord:

  • pathway from receptor to brain and from brain to effector
  • seat of reflex action (rapid involuntary response to stimulus)