Anterior/Ventral Horn

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This page covers biological details of component group Anterior/Ventral Horn. Component group is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

Top-down path to center: Spinal Cord -> Anterior/Ventral Horn (SC.VH) (see Mind Maps)
Function:

(generated)

Components

(generated)

Component items:

Lamina VIII (SC.VH.L8)
- Ventromedial Nucleus: Innervation of trunk muscles
- Posteromedial Nucleus: Innervation of trunk muscles
Lamina IX (SC.VH.L9)
- Ventrolateral Nucleus: Innervation of limb muscles
- Posterolateral Nucleus: Innervation of limb muscles
- Retroposterolateral Nucleus: Innervation of limbs muscles
- Spinal Accessory Nucleus: Control of neck
- Phrenic Nucleus: Innervation of diaphragm
- Onuf's Nucleus: Maintenance of urination and defecation, muscular contraction during orgasm

Connectivity

(generated)

Internal Regions Connections:

Source Region	Target Region	Reference
Paraventricular Nucleus	Onuf's Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Barrington's Nucleus	Onuf's Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Red Nucleus	Posterolateral Nucleus	(unknown reference)
	Posteromedial Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Lateral Vestibular Nuclei	Ventrolateral Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Medial Vestibular Nucleus	Spinal Accessory Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Retroambigualis Nucleus	Onuf's Nucleus	(unknown reference)
	Phrenic Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Central Medullary Reticular Nucleus	Ventromedial Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Gigantocellular Reticular Nucleus	Posterolateral Nucleus	(unknown reference)
	Posteromedial Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus	Spinal Accessory Nucleus	Global visual system (RF -> SpinalCord, abstract)
	Ventrolateral Nucleus	Global visual system (RF -> SpinalCord, abstract)
	Ventromedial Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Deep Superior Colliculus	Spinal Accessory Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Motor Cortex	Onuf's Nucleus	(unknown reference)
	Posterolateral Nucleus	(unknown reference)
	Posteromedial Nucleus	(unknown reference)
	Retroposterolateral Nucleus	(unknown reference)

External Inbound Center Connections:

Source Center	Reference
Medullary Reticular Formation	(unknown reference)
Myelencephalic Motor Nuclei	(unknown reference)
Pontine Reticular Formation	Global visual system (RF -> SpinalCord, abstract)
Hypothalamus	(unknown reference)
Barrington's Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Red Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Vestibular Nucleus	(unknown reference)
Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon	(unknown reference)
Motor Cortex	(unknown reference)

External Outbound Center Connections:

Target Center	Reference
Myelencephalic Sensory Nuclei	(unknown reference)
Mouth feeder	(unknown reference)
Genitalia	(unknown reference)
Hand	(unknown reference)
Leg	(unknown reference)
Lung	(unknown reference)
Neck	(unknown reference)
Rectum	(unknown reference)
Mouth speaker	(unknown reference)
Trunk	(unknown reference)
Ureter	(unknown reference)