How does brainstem and spinal cord connect?

Answer 1

What a fascinating question. The answer is that there really is not part of the brain that connects with the spinal cord. The brain and the spinal cord are really the same thing only in different locations. They are both made of the same tissue, only arranged differently. The brain has more gray matter to do more processing, and the spinal cord has more white matter to transmit information quickly. In essence, they both have cognitive abilities because they both contain interneurons. Wow! Imagine that! Your spinal cord can think!

Answer 2

This is the "medulla oblongata", the lower part of the brainstem, which generally handles the autonomic nervous system.

Answer 3

i dont know how but they are interconnected

Answer 4

The brain stem is what connects the spinal cord to the rest of the brain. More specifically, the medulla oblongota is what directly connects it.

Answer 5

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 6

Medulla oblongata

Answer 7

pons

Answer 8

The brainstem (or brain stem) is the posterior part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord. In the human brain the brainstem is composed of the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla oblongata. The midbrain is continuous with the thalamus of the diencephalon through the tentorial notch,[1]:152 and sometimes the diencephalon is included in the brainstem.

The brainstem is a very small component of the brain, making up only around 2.6 percent of its total weight.[1]:195 It has the critical role of regulating cardiac and respiratory function, helping to control heart rate and breathing rate.[2] It also provides the main motor and sensory nerve supply to the face and neck via the cranial nerves. Ten pairs of cranial nerves come from the brainstem.[3] Other roles include the regulation of the central nervous system and the body's sleep cycle.[2] It is also of prime importance in the conveyance of motor and sensory pathways from the rest of the brain to the body, and from the body back to the brain.[2] These pathways include the corticospinal tract (motor function), the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway (fine touch, vibration sensation, and proprioception), and the spinothalamic tract (pain, temperature, itch, and crude touch).[4]

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Answer 10

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