Spinal Cord Questions & Answers

1.  How many spinal segments does the spinal cord have?
          31

2.   What branches off of the spinal segments?
          Spinal nerves

3.  Why does the spinal cord bulge in the cervical and lumbar regions?
          Because lots of nerves connect in these places

4.  How do the spinal nerves attach to the spinal cord?
          Rootlets

5.  Each spinal nerve branches into a ventral ramus (front / anterior) and dorsal ramus (back / posterior), which provides nerve endings to the skin and muscles on the back of the body?
          The dorsal ramus

6.  What fibrous membrane covers the spinal cord?
          Meninges

7.  Within the subarachnoid space, what fluid is contained? (cerebrospinal fluid)
          Cerebrospinal fluid