The spinal cord is 1flattened somewhat laterally 2characterized by thoracis and sacral enlargements 3longer than the vertebral column 4contiguous with the medulla oblongata or 5tapered into a conus me?

Answer 1

The spinal cord is basically your spine. It carries messages between your brain and the rest of the body. Your spinal cord is a slender nerve column that goes from your brain to your vertebral column. It starts with the foramen magnum and has 31 segments (vertebrae). There are 8 cervical vertebrae, which control nerve impulses in your upper limbs. There are 12 thoracic and 5 lumbar vertebrae, which control the nerve impulses in your upper limbs. There are also 5 sacral and finally 1 coccygeal vertebraes.