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Spinal cord: transverse section: labelled teaching diagram. Original labels and colours retained.
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Anterior horns

Locate anterior horns on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.

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Spinal cord: transverse section: labelled teaching diagram. Original labels and colours retained.

Image: OpenStax College / university open textbook · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.

Spinal cord: transverse section

Regional overviews

Spinal cord: transverse section

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Conducts signals and integrates spinal reflexes.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Central H-shaped grey matter is surrounded by white matter
  2. Anterior median fissure is deeper than the posterior median sulcus
  3. Central canal lies in the grey commissure
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

Tap a number to open its reference, zoom in and locate the structure. Numbers stay the same across views. This key follows landmarks visible in the reference images.

Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • White columns
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01How would you identify spinal cord: transverse section?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Central H-shaped grey matter is surrounded by white matter. Anterior median fissure is deeper than the posterior median sulcus. Central canal lies in the grey commissure.

02What is found in the anterior horn?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Somatic lower motor neuron cell bodies supplying skeletal muscle through the ventral roots.

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