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How can the functional anatomy of the spinal cord be described using the terms white and gray matter roots spinal nerves and tracts?
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White matter is one of the two components of the central nervous system, and it consists mostly of glial cells and myelinated axons that transmit signals from one region of the cerebrum to another and between the cerebrum and lower brain centers. Grey matter contains neural cell bodies, unlike white matter, it does not and it mostly contains myelinated axon tracts. Tracts are bundles of fibers that connect to different parts of the central nervous system. A collection of related anatomic structures Roots receive information sent by neurons. Spinal nerves refer to a mixed of spinal nerves, which carry motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the body.
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