Anatomy Flashcards
What does the T9 myotome supply?
The intercostal muscles of the 8-10th intercostal spaces, and some of the anterolateral abdominal wall
The sympathetic outflow exists from which spinal nerves?
T1 - L2
Which segments of the spinal cord have lateral horns?
T1 - L2
Axons supplying the heart synapse in which ganglion?
Synapse in the T1 cervical paravertebral ganglia
Axons supplying the lungs synapse in which ganglion?
In the upper thoracic paravertebral ganglia
Axons supplying the foregut synapse in which ganglion?
The celiac ganglion of the celiac plexus
The axons supplying the kidney synapse in which ganglion?
The aorticorenal ganglion
The axons supplying the foregut synapse in which ganglion?
In the superior mesenteric ganglion
The axons supplying the hindgut and pelvic/perineal organs synapse in which ganglion?
In the inferior mesenteric ganglion
Where do axons supplying the adrenal medulla synapse?
Pass through the aorticorenal ganglion to synapse directly onto the adrenaline/noradrenaline secreting cells of the adrenal medulla
post-central gyrus of the cerebral cortex
Somatosensory
Dorsal column
Somatosensory
Spinothalamic
Somatosensory
Where does the spinal cord begin and end?
C1 - L2
What level is the cauda equina?
L2 - C0
Common location of a CVA in the brain?
Internal capsule
Where is the cervical plexus or “the nerve point of the neck”?
At the midpoint of the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid
Don’t chop it up when you biopsy because lots of nerves there….
Which nerves make up the great auricular nerve?
C2, C3
Which nerves supply the anterolateral abdominal wall and which nerve are they formed from?
The iliohypogastric and the ilioinguinal - formed from the bifurcation of the L1 spinal nerve
Which nerves form the axillary?
C5, C6
