Neuroanatomy
Spinal cord
This structure is present in the model and can be selected, rotated and isolated. No written description has been recorded for it yet — the atlas will show you its system and its position.
NEET points
Class 11 · Unit V · Human Physiology · Neural Control and Coordination
- Continues from the medulla and runs down inside the vertebral column.
- It is the centre for reflex actions: in a reflex arc the impulse goes receptor → sensory neuron → spinal cord → motor neuron → effector, without waiting for the brain.
- Unlike the brain, its grey matter is inside and its white matter outside.
Chapter numbering moved when NCERT rationalised its books in 2023 and the NTA has revised the NEET syllabus since, so this maps by unit and title. It is a study aid, not a syllabus.