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What is the most inferior boundary of the spinal cord?
The most superior boundary of the spinal cord is the foramen magnum.
What is the most inferior part of the brainstem that is continuous with the spinal cord?
Medulla Oblongata
Most of the neurons in the brain and spinal cord are?
most of the neurons in the brain and spinal cord are
What spinal cord anatomy association is most accurate?
The spinal cord is part of the nervous system.
What parts of the human body does the vertebral column protect?
spinal cord
The term central nervous system refers to the?
Your brain and spinal cord, for the most part.
Is the spinal cord the largest bone?
The spinal cord is not a bone, it is a collection on nerves connecting the muscles of most of the body to the brain
Which structure is the lower portion of the brainstem?
Medulla OblongataThe medulla oblongata is the most inferior portion of the brain, and it is the connecting link with the spinal cord.
Why spinal cord covered by bones?
Because the spinal cord is a lot of what keeps you alive. It controls all the basic things you need to survive. If you fall and break your spinal cord you will most likely die. It controls thing like breathing and your heart.
What organ protects the spinal cord?
Your vertebral column protects the spinal cord. Vertebral column is supported by strong ligaments. Most importantly the muscle tone is there, which act on vertebral column, to protect your spinal cord.
Which organ is protected by the vertebrae?
the dorsal nerve cord (spinal cord) which leads to the brain Your spine surrounds and protects your spinal cord, while providing support for the rest of your musculo-skeletal system. It protects your spinal cord, and helps hold your body upright.
Is there a risk of spinal stenosis surgery with Multiple Sclerosis?
These are two different problems. Multiple Sclerosis is where areas in the brain and spinal cord lose their protein insulation, and Spinal stenosis is where there is an encroachment on the cord, usually occurring in the lower back area. This is to say that (most likely) arthritis occurs at the end plate (extreme bottom, or top of vertebrae, and the adding on of new bone to those areas causes the spinal canal to become smaller, eventually resulting in pressure on the spinal cord.
