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BIOM 3000 (Final) > 6- Spinal Cord and Tracts > Flashcards

6- Spinal Cord and Tracts Flashcards

1
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Afferent Info Streams

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Local Reflexes

To cortex

To cerebellum

Info goes to all 3 streams simultaneously

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Spinal Cord Ends At

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Conus Medullaris at L1/L2

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Cauda Equina

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Collection of nerve terminals (L3-S5) caudal to the conus medullaris

Formed from lower spinal nerves descending before exiting spinal cord

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Filum Terminale

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Fibrous tissue connecting conus medullaris to coccyx

Made of pia mater- anchors spinal cord to vertebrae

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Dermatomes

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Mesoderm—-> somites

Somites retain connectivity with originating vertebral level

Somites differentiate

Result in different regions of the body connected to different parts of spinal cord

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6
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Lissauer’s Tract

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Entry point of some DRG fibers

In PH

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Intermediate Gray (IG)

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Contains interneurons adn tract cells , some autonomic pre-ganglionic MN

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Ventral Horn (VH)

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Has motor neurons

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Substantia Galatinosa

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Superficial zone of DH

Has nerve terminal

In PH

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Rexed Laminae

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Defined by cellular structure

I-X

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Rexed Laminae- DH

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I-VI

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Rexed Laminae- IG

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VII

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Rexed Laminae-VH

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VIII-IX

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Central Canal

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X

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Fibers of the Spinal Cord

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Long ascending—> thalamus, cerebellum, brainstem

Long descending–> from cortex to spinal cord

Local propriospinal- shorter fibers that interconnect different parts of spinal cord

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16
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Spinal Tracts

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Carries specific type of sensory/motor info

Most tracts consist of 2-3 neurons

Has a consistent location at all spinal cord level

Usually cross over at some point

17
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Ascending Tracts

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Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscal

Spinocerebellar

Anterolateral (spinothalamic)

18
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Spinocerebellar Tract

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Provide info from legs

Ipsilateral to cerebellum

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Cuneocerebellar Tract

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Info from arms

Ipsilateral to cerebellum

20
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Reticulospinal Tract

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Involved in locomotion and posture (need to be awake to move)

Includes pontine and medullary branches

21
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Tectospinal Tract

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Orientation of head towards source of visual or auditory stimuli

Descending

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Vestibulospinal Tract

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Centre of gravity/posture

Descending

23
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Raphespinal Tract

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Pain modulation

Descending

24
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Symptoms of UMN Damage

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Shock (paralysis and areflexia) followed by hyperreflexia

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Symptoms of LMN Disease

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Paral

ysis followed by areflexia and muscle atrophy

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IG- Sympathetic Pre-Ganglionic

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Thoracolumbar

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IG- Parasympathetic Pre-Ganglionic

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Sacral and cervical

28
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Symptoms of Nerve Root Compression

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Most common in lower cervical and lumbar regions

Pin in muscle

Paraesthesia (numbness)

Loss of cutaneous snesory info

Loss of spinal reflex

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