What is the spinal cord made out of?

The spinal cord is made from part of the neural tube during development. There are four stages of the spinal cord that arises from the neural tube: The neural plate, neural fold, neural tube, and the spinal cord. Neural differentiation occurs within the spinal cord portion of the tube. read more

The spongy spinal cord is protected by the irregular shaped bones of the spinal column called vertebrae. Spinal vertebrae are components of the axial skeleton and each contain an opening that serves as a channel for the spinal cord to pass through. read more

Spinal cord is made up of grey matter (neuronal cell bodies) and white matter (axons or highways to carry information up or down the tract to link the brain to the rest of the body). Sensory, motor and interneurons reside in it. read more