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The bulge in the spinal cord that gives off nerves to the upper limbs is called?
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∙ 13y ago
Lumbar enlargement.
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∙ 13y agoCervical enlargement
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Each of the thirty-one segments of the spinal cord gives rise to a pair of?
Spinal nerves
What part of the CNS gives rise to sympathetic nerves?
The parts of the CNS that give rise to sympathetic nerves are the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord.
What is the significance of the spinal cord enlargement?
There are two the cervical and the lumbar. They are enlarged because the cervical gives rise to nerves in the upper limbs and lumbar in the lower limbs thus they have more nerves running to and from which accounts for the enlargements.
What is the main purpose of the central nervous system?
To protect you from being harmed. The spinal cord gets different types of messages from your nerves, that goes to your brain and the brain sends a what to do message to the spinal cord so the spinal cord reacts real fast moving through your nerves to the part that's hurt to put your leg or whatever is hurt away from harm. And all this happens in less than a second! Amazing ain't it? EXAMPLE: if you put your hand in hot water your nerves gets a message through and gives it to the spinal cord and it reacts fast because it knows that your in pain!
What gives messages to the brain?
Spinal cord
What ingredient gives hot sauce its heat?
The ingredient that gives hot sauce its heat is called capsaicin. Capsaicin is an irritant that is an active component in chili peppers that causes a burning sensation when it comes into contact with nerves.
What is the job for the backbone?
Essentially the same as that in any other vertebrate - including us. It is the central column of the skeleton, and the conduit for the nerve-bundle that is the spinal cord.
What is the fatty layer of tissue that gives many nerves a whitish color?
Myelin
Why are there 31 pairs of spinal nerve yet you only have 30 vertebrae?
You have 33 vertebrae. (8) Cervical, (12) Thoracic, (5) Lumbar, (5) Sacral, (3) Coccygeal. However, the coccygeal only gives off 1 coccygeal n. 8+12+5+5+1 = 31 spinal nerves
What are nerves composed of?
Nerves are composed of nerve cells; the long connecting parts of the nerve cells are called axons. The biochemistry of nerve cells is similar to that of other cells, but they do have an insulating layer, the myelin sheath, which gives them a relatively high concentration of fat.
What is the Tactile System?
The tactile system is the network of nerves that gives us the sense of touch.
What gives the spinal cord longitudinal support?
the filum terminale which extends from the conus medullaris.
