Spinal Nerves
Across
- 1. the ____ horn of grey matter contains somatic motor neurons (efferent)
- 4. the ____ horn of grey matter conveys sensory/afferent information
- 5. the area of the spinal cord that contains myelinated axons
- 7. the germ layer that spinal nerves are derived from via the neural tube
- 9. spinal nerve TN2 exits ___ to the T2 vertebra
- 10. the fibers found within the ventral (anterior) root from the gray matter of spinal cord and carry information from the CNS to the muscles of the body
- 11. ____ nerves arise from the spinal cord via two roots, the ventral (anterior) and dorsal (posterior)
- 13. the number of pairs of spinal nerves
- 15. group of cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system
- 18. Cervical nerve 1 (CN1) exits ___ to the first cervical vertebra
- 19. a defined group of muscles innervated by a single spinal nerve root
Down
- 2. the small posterior and large anterior ___ are branches of mixed spinal nerves that carry both sensory and motor fibers
- 3. ___ matter contains cell bodies in the spinal cord
- 4. sensory information from a specific area of skin
- 6. the spinal nerves are part of the ____ nervous system
- 8. ___ root carries sensory fibers from organs and other parts of the body to the posterior horn of gray matter in the spinal cord
- 12. networks of intersecting nerves
- 14. bundle of axons in the peripheral nervous system
- 16. sensory fibers that carry information from the periphery to the CNS
- 17. ___ spinal nerve is the combination of ventral and dorsal nerve roots with both sensory and motor information