14. What is the function of these ligaments? 15. In the cross-section of the cor

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14. What is the function of these ligaments? 15. In the cross-section of the cord where is the gray matter? 16. What is the composition of the gray and white matter? 17. What is the gray commissure? 18. Where is the central canal? 19. What is the anterior horn? What is the posterior horn? What is the functional difference between these two? 20. Where is the lateral horn? 21. What kinds of neurons are found in the lateral horn? 22. The white matter is divided in how many columns? 23. What is an ascending and descending tract? 24. Organizations of an ascending tract 25. Organization of a descending tract

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14. Ligaments connect bone to bone.

15. Gray matter is present in the inner regions of the spinal cord and is surrounded by the grey matter.The grey matter has no resemblance to letter “C”,”W” or “J”.

16.Grey matter(which has a pinkish-grey color in the living brain) contains the cell bodies, dendrites and axon terminals of neurons, Hence, it is where all synapses are. White matter is composed of axons connecting different parts of grey matter to each other.

17.The gray commissure is a band of gray matter which surrounds the central canal in the spinal cord. Gray commissure is a misnomer as the commissure is mainly composed of decussating and not commissural fibers.

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