RT Book, Section A1 Waxman, Stephen G. SR Print(0) ID 1186188964 T1 The Spinal Cord T2 Clinical Neuroanatomy, 29e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260452358 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186188964 RD 2024/10/14 AB The spinal cord is a crucially important information highway. It connects the brain with most of the body. It is the target of a number of disease processes, some of which (eg, spinal cord compression) are treatable but rapidly progressive if not treated. Failure to diagnose some disorders of the spinal cord, such as spinal cord compression, can be catastrophic and may relegate the patient to a lifetime of paralysis. A knowledge of the architecture of the spinal cord and its coverings, and of the fiber tracts and cell groups that comprise it, is essential.