LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The spinal cord is a tube-like structure that extends from the brainstem of the spinal cord. Two main tracts of the spinal cord are ascending tract and descending tract.
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