Question

Observe the figure and answer the questions given below.

a. Identify the figure. 

b. Identify the parts A, B and C.

c. Write the functions of part indicated as A and B.

d. Write the peculiarity of part indicated as C.

Answer 1

a. Spinal cord

b. A – Dorsal root B – Ventral root C – Central canal

c. Dorsal root – Sensory impulses reach the spinal cord through the dorsal root.

Ventral root – Motor impulses go out of the spinal cord through the ventral root.

d. Filled with cerebrospinal fluid.