Nerves manage the bodily functions of your vital organs as well as your sensation and your movement. The neurological system gathers all the information and triggers an accurate response that is commonly influenced by some internal and external factors. All of the significant nerves that work with the limbs and other organs in your body appear in the spine. The nerves are the main reason why humans are able to move their both legs and arms.

Humans have 31 pairs of nerves in their spine. This includes 12 thoracic, 8 cervical, 5 sacral, 5 lumbar, and 1 coccygeal nerves. Each pair of nerves attaches the spinal cord to a particular location of your body. Each nerve is divided into two roots. One is made up of sensory fibers, while the other is made up of motor fibers. The one that is made up of sensory fibers is called dorsal ramus. It holds the somatic sensory, visceral sensory and sensory information back and forth to the skin and muscles of the back. They have a smaller size compared to the anterior sectors. The other nerve is called the ventral ramus. It holds the somatic motor, visceral motor and sensory information back and forth to the ventrolateral body surface as well as the body wall structures and the limbs. It is evidently larger than the former for the most part. It provides components anterior to the side joint which includes the vertebral systems. It also connects other spinal nerves in order to form the lumbo-sacral plexus.

The Central Nervous System (CNS) runs through to a system of nerves that divide beyond your spinal cord, brain, and brainstem. This system is called the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). It holds information back and forth the CNS.

The PNS is composed of Autonomic and Somatic Nervous Systems. The somatic nervous system consists of the nerves helping your musculoskeletal system and your skin. It is non-reflex and responds to exterior stimuli which affect the human body. While the other, the autonomic nervous system, is reflex. It instantly searches to sustain homeostasis or the regular function.

The Autonomic Nervous System is also broken down into two: the Sympathetic and the Parasympathetic Nervous System. The sympathetic nervous system is a reflex system typically linked with the fight reaction. The parasympathetic nervous system is accountable for the promotion of internal balance. This includes the standard heart rate in the course of a regular action.

The nerve roots goes along the spinal canal by means of the intervertebral foramen, where they supply the body either posteriorly or anteriorly. The anterior sections feed up the front side of the spine as well as the limbs. The posterior sections are dispersed to the muscles at the rear of the spine.

Physical practitioners such as osteopaths and physiotherapists are trained to treat the spinal cord to reduce pain and restore function.