9.2 Flashcards
The spinal cord is located within the
vertebral canal
The spinal cord is protected by?
- vertebral column
- vertebral ligaments
- meninges
- CSF
What are the Meninges three layers of connective tissue?
- Dura mater (outer)
- Arachnoid mater (middle)
- Pia mater (inner)
The spinal cord extends from_____ to _______?
the medulla oblongata
second lumbar vertebra
What are the 2 grooves that divide the spinal cord into two hemispheres
- Anterior median fissure
- Posterior median sulcus
What is filled with CSF and is located in the center of the gray matter?
Central Canal
What are a path of communication between the spinal cord and specific regions of the body?
Spinal nerves
What are 2 bundles of axons that connect each spinal nerve to a segment of the cord?
Roots
What root contains sensory axons which conduct nerve impulses from sensory receptors (afferent)?
Posterior (dorsal) root
What root contains motor neurons which conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to the effectors (efferent)?
Anterior (ventral) root
What matter has tracts that serve as highways for nerve impulses?
White matter
What matter of the spinal cord receives and integrates incoming and outgoing information and is a site for integration of reflexes?
Gray matter
Gray matter is subdivided into what 3 horns named relative to
their locations?
- Anterior gray horn
- Lateral gray horn
- Posterior gray horn
Which horn contains cell bodies and axons of interneurons as well as axons of incoming sensory neurons.
Posterior gray horn
What horn contains cell bodies of somatic motor neurons that
provide impulses for contraction of muscles.
Anterior gray horn
What horn is present only in the thoracic and upper lumbar segments and contain cell bodies of autonomic motor neurons that regulate the cardiac muscle, smooth muscles, and glands.
Lateral gray horn
White matter is organized into?
columns
Gray matter is organized into?
Horns
______ (ascending) tract consists of axons that conduct nerves impulses toward the brain.
Sensory
_______ (descending) tracts: Consists of axons that conduct nerves impulses away from the brain.
Motor
What is a fast, involuntary sequences of actions in response to stimuli
Reflexes
Patellar reflex is what type of reflex?
Spinal
Gag reflex is what type of reflex?
Cranial
What are the 31 spinal nerve pairs?
8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccyx
Spinal nerves are part of the
peripheral nervous system
Each spinal nerve is connected to the spinal cord by the
anterior/posterior root
Sensory information goes through
dorsal root
Motor information goes through
anterior root
Individual axons are wrapped in
Endoneurium
Groups of axons arranged in bundles are called
Fascicles
Fascicles are wrapped in
Perineurium
superficial covering over entire nerve is called
Epineurium