Question

What is the spinal cord involved in?

Answer 1

Spinal Cord:

1. The spinal cord constitutes the majority of the CNS. This is located in the vertebral canal of the spinal column.
2. The spinal cord begins to grow at the age of four, while the vertebral column begins to rise at the age of fourteen to eighteen. That is why, in adults, the spinal cord only occupies the upper two-thirds of the vertebral canal.

The spinal cord is responsible for the following functions:

1. Improves autonomic innervation.
2. Transmission of all sensory information from the body (with the exception of the cranial nerves) and transmission of somatomotor stimuli from the encephalon to the target organs.
3. Involved in reflex responses - processes that generate stimuli at receptors in muscles, skin, or joints without the need to transmit to higher levels, regulating the motor response that is activated as a result of a spinal reflex.