Posterior grey column

Posterior grey column (Posterior horn of spinal cord)

Cross section of the spinal cord. The posterior horn is the upper protrusion of grey matter, labeled with "2"
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Identifiers
Latin cornu posterius medullae spinalis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
c_55/12259855
TA A14.1.02.115
FMA 256530

Anatomical terminology

The posterior grey column (posterior cornu, dorsal horn, spinal dorsal horn posterior horn) of the spinal cord is one of the three grey columns of the spinal cord. It receives several types of sensory information from the body, including fine touch, proprioception, and vibration. This information is sent from receptors of the skin, bones, and joints through sensory neurons whose cell bodies lie in the dorsal root ganglion.

Anatomy

The posterior grey column is subdivided into six layers termed Rexed laminae I-VI

The other four Rexed laminae are located in the other two grey columns in the spinal cord.

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References

  1. Woolsey, Robert M.; Vernon W. Lin; Cardenas, Diana D.; Cutter, Nancy C.; Frederick S. Frost; Margaret C. Hammond; Laurie B. Lindblom; Inder Perkash; Robert Waters (2002). Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice. Demos Medical Publishing. ISBN 1-888799-61-7.


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