Spinal : Internal features

•
Transverse section
g spinal cord shows matter and white matter
grey
.

matter forms
Grey H
shaped butterfly shaped
•
or
mass .

matter Ventral Horn

Gray
→

④
•

Dorsal Horn
t
Central Anterior
gray
o

} Gray
.

column
Posterior
.

-
** Lateral Projection matter in in
g gray
seen

thoracic & sacral

parts → Lateral
gray ,
column .

* .
Posterior

-
lateral
Anterior
} funiculus white matter
klhite
or

column

Variations g Cord at
spinal Different Levels :
-

shape g Transverse section Oval Cervical

Region
•
: →

Round →
Thoracic & sacral .

Round lovey → Lumbar

•

Gray matter in
greatest in cervical & lumbar -

• White matter decreases down the line .

Nuclei in
Grey Matter : -

• Lamina I to II : Dorsal part ( Dorsal horn ) I

• lamina I & VI : Base g ( Dorsal horn )
•
Lamina VII : Intermediate column
gray
.

• Lamina VIII & III : Ventral horn .

.
Lamina E : Central
grey
.
 Tracts in White
:# Matter
•
A collection
g
nerve
fibres within the CNS ,
that connects two mouses
og grey
matter is called tract (
,
a or
fasciculus) .

I ~
, both
Ascending &
°

Ascending Descending
,
or Inter
segmental .

Descending .

Tracts
• are
present in klhilemater .

IEP

{
Tract D Goll 1 .

ach/
,
Tract
g Burd
(
scary
•
Fine touch
r Vibration
• Joint Position
Muscle proprioception
.

•
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tracts gspinalord : -

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