13. Spinal cord and meninges

Question 1

Spinal cord extends from the _ to the lumbar vertebra

Answer 1

medulla oblongata

Question 2

There are _ pairs of spinal nerves

Answer 2

31

Question 3

There are _ cervical pairs

Answer 3

8

Question 4

Spinal cord terminates around _

Answer 4

L1/2

Question 5

T/F C1 spinal nerve exits below C1 vertebra

Answer 5

False (it exits above C1)

Question 6

C8 spinal nerves exits below _

Answer 6

C7

Question 7

There are 2 enlargements, _ and _

Answer 7

cervical and lumbar

Question 8

The end of the spinal cord is the _

Answer 8

conus medullaris

Question 9

The _ has pia mater continuous to coccygeal ligament

Answer 9

filum terminal

Question 10

The area past the end of the spinal cord that contains both dorsal and ventral nerve roots is _

Answer 10

cauda equina

Question 11

Grey matter contains _

Answer 11

neuronal cell bodies

Question 12

White matter contains _

Answer 12

axons and neuronal tracts

Question 13

The _ is the channel for autonomic and flight or fight response

Answer 13

sympathetic chain

Question 14

List the path to forming spinal nerves

Answer 14

Rootlets (D/V)
Roots (D/V) combine to form spinal nerve
Spinal nerve branches into Rami (D/V)

Question 15

T/F As you move down the spinal cord, you get more grey matter

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Dermatomes tend to _

Answer 16

overlap

Question 17

The 3 spinal meninges are _

Answer 17

Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater

Question 18

There is _ in the epidural and _ in the subarachnoid space

Answer 18

fat

CSF

Question 19

The dura mater extends from the _ to around _

Answer 19

foramen magnum

S2

Question 20

Dura mater forms sleeves around nerves called _

Answer 20

epineurium

Question 21

Pia mater is attached to the dura through _

Answer 21

denticulate ligaments (21 pairs)

Question 22

Spinal taps are given around _ and _ while being inserted at _

Answer 22

L3/L4

20 degrees

Question 23

The spinal venous plexus is located within the _

Answer 23

epidural space

Question 24

Bacterial meningitis results from _ that may enter the _ and _

Answer 24

bacterial infections

Brain and CSF

Question 25

Meningitis is _

Answer 25

inflammation of the meninges or fluid in the spinal cord or brain

Question 26

Incomplete closure of the spine or membranes is _

Answer 26

spina bifida

Question 27

List the 3 spinal bifida types

Answer 27

Occulta
meningocele
myelomeningocele