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Spinal nerve


spinal nerve
any of numerous nerves that leave the spinal cord, one pair in each segment, each being connected with the cord by a dorsal and a ventral root.
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The Spinal Nerves
All of the spinal nerves are "mixed"; that is, they contain both sensory and motor neurons.
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The spinal nerves
The posterior divisions
The anterior divisions
The thoracic nerves
The lumbosacral plexus
The sacral and coccygeal nerves ...
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sensory root of a spinal nerve that carries impulses to the spinal cord; ventral root carries impulses from the cord
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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myotome That part of a somite destined to form muscles; the muscle group innervated by a single spinal nerve.
myriapods Members of the four noninsect classes of the subphylum Uniramia. Includes centipedes, millipedes, pauropods, and symphylans.
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Cranial nerves in the PNS take impulses to and from the brain (CNS). Spinal nerves take impulses to and away from the spinal cord. There are two major subdivisions of the PNS motor pathways: the somatic and the autonomic.
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