Monday, April 29, 2013

spinal cord

The spinal cord consists of thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves. They are all mixed nerves, and they provide a two-way communication system between the spinal cord and parts of the arms, legs, neck and trunk of the body. Although spinal nerves do not have individual names, they are grouped according to the level from which they stem, and each nerve is numbered in sequence. Hence, there are eight pairs of cervical nerves (numbered C1 - C8), twelve pairs of thoracic nerves (T1 - T12), five pairs...

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