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1 mmA CervicalDorsal rootDorsal funiculusDorsal median septum Fasciculus gracilis
Fasciculus cuneatus
Dorsomedial tract
Dorsolateral (Lissauer's) tract
Marginal layer
Substantia gelatinosa
Nucleus proprius
Reticulated area
IntermediategrayCentral canalCentral canal
Far-lateralMedialCentral
Ventromedialfuniculus Ventral median sulcusVentral funiculusVentral hornLateral
funiculusDorsal hornB ThoracicC LumbarDorsal hornLateral hornVentral hornClarke's columnMedial motor columnsDorsal hornLateral funiculusVentral hornFasciculus gracilisMyelinated afferents
Central gray
Intermediate grayCentral
MedialFar-lateralNear-lateralNear-lateral
MotorcolumnsMotor
columnsFIGURE 7-1 Histologic axial sections through cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spinal cord. Used with permission from Altman, Joseph, and Shirley
A. Bayer. Development of the Human Spinal Cord: An Interpretation Based on Experimental Studies in Animals. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University
Press, 2001.