Spinal Neurons That Pass Motor Information to the Body's Muscles

question 59

Multiple Choice

 Spinal neurons that pass motor information to the body's muscles may be found in _________ of the spinal cord.

• A) the white matter
• B) the dorsal horns
• C) the ventral horns
• D) both the dorsal and ventral horns

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Definitions:

Enantiomer

Molecules that are mirror images of each other and cannot be superimposed onto each other, commonly found in chiral molecules.

Diastereomers

Non-mirror-image stereo isomers that have varying physical and chemical properties from each other.

Stereocenters

Chiral centers in a molecule, points at which the molecule can adopt different spatial arrangements leading to different stereoisomers.

Stereogenic Centers

Atoms within a molecule that are bonded to four different substituents, giving rise to stereoisomerism.