Spinal Cord Section

A thin transverse section of half the spinal cord magnified about 10 diameters. Labels: 1, anterior fissure; 2, posterior fissure; 3, central canal ;8, pia mater enveloping the cord; 6,7, bands of pia mater penetrating the cord and supporting its nerve elements; 9, a posterior root; 10, bundles of an anterior root; a,b,c,d,e, groups of nerve cells in the gray matter.

Keywords

"spinal cord", "spinal column", "spinal nerves", "nerve roots", "pia mater"

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Human Central Nervous System

Source

Martin, H. Newell The Human Body: A Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900) 237

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