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| Function of the body of vertebra |
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| building blocks of spinal cord, protect and support spinal cord, bear the majority of the weight |
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| function of the vertebral arch |
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| function of the transverse process |
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| point of attachment for muscles and ligaments of the spine |
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| function of yellow ligament |
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| They assist in maintaining orregaining the erect position and serve to close in the spaces between the arches. |
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| function of posterior longitudinal ligament |
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| prevents hyperflexion of the vertebral column |
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| function of the vertebral artery |
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| major arteries of the neck,supply blood to upper spinal cord, brainstem, cerebellum |
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| function of gray substance |
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| contains most of the brains neuronal cell bodies, involved in the stimulation of motor movements and sensory perception |
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| function of white substance |
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composed of bundles of myelinated nerve cell projections or axons which connect various gray matter areas
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| function of the ventral root |
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| consists of axons from motor neurons whose cell bodies are found within gray matter |
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| function of the dorsal root |
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| allows sensory neurons to enter the spinal cord |
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| function of spinal ganglion |
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| ganglion is a nerve cell cluster or a group of nerve cell bodies located in the autonomic nervous system. ganglia house the cell bodies of afferent neurons |
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| function of the sympathetic trunk |
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| allows nerve fibers to travel the spinal nerves that are superior and inferior to the one in which they originated |
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| function of pre motor cortex |
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| function of primary motor cortex |
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| generates neural impulses that control the execution of movement |
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| function of somatosensory cortex |
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| receives all sensory input from body and processes it |
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