Nerve Plexi and Spinal Cord

Nerve Plexus

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  Plexus 20X
  A: Outer longitudinal smooth muscle layer
  
  B: Auerbach's nerve plexus is located between the outer longitudinal and inner circular muscle layers o the muscularis externa. It is responsible for peristalsis by innervating the muscle layers
  
  C: Inner circular
  
  D: Meissner's plexus has the same function as the Auerbach's, but it is located in the submucosa
  
  E: Mucosa
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  Auerbach's 40X
  A: Outer longitudinal
  
  B: Auerbach's plexus
  
  C: Inner Circular
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  Meissner's 40X
  A: Mucosal layer of the GI tract
  
  B: Submucosa
  
  C: Meissner's plexus found in the submucosa
  
  D: Muscularis externa
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  Spinal Cord 4X
  A: Dorsal horns of the spinal cord contain nerve cell bodies and is considered gray matter
  
  B: Ventral horns are more broad in shape than the dorsal horns and are also gray matter
  
  C: Anterior median fissure
  
  D: Central canal
  
  E: Ependymal cells line the inside of the central canal and secrete cerebrospinal fluid
  
  F: Posterior median sulcus doesn't have space between as the fissure does