Chapter 13.2, Problem 12AYLO

Summary Introduction

To discuss:

Dermatomes and their clinical diagnosis of nerve disorders.

Introduction:

The spinal nerves are important because the spinal cord sends and receives signals from the body through the spinal nerves.The spinal nerve is composed of a large number of nerve fibers or axons and resembles a cord-like appearance. The nervous tissue of the spinal cord is composed of organized cells that involve in the body movements and sends the signals to many regions of the body. The spinal cord tracts are stimulatory nerve pathways that pass the information through action potentials.