answersLogoWhite

0

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.

User Avatar

Wiki User

16y ago

What else can I help you with?