Brainstem Level Identification Flashcards
When viewing spinal cord cross sections, the right side of the patient is on your ?
Left
What spinal cord level is this?
What are the feautures of it?
Why does lumbar have less white matter than grey matter?
All the corticospinal axons from upper body have peeled off by then. Also just starting to bring in sensory information, so very few fibers. As you get higher you will get more white matter
What spinal level is this?
What are some of its characteristics?
Thoracic
What spinal level is this?
What are some of its characteristics?
What cut is this from?
What are some characteristic of this level?
Medulla
What level cut is this?
What are the characteristics of this?
This is where the axons that were present in the dorsal column of the spinal cord will synapse
What cut is this?
What are some of its distinguishing features?
What cut is this? How do you know?
What cut is this? How do you know?
What cut is this? How do you know?
What cut is this, how do you know?
Mid brain we have cerebral aqueduct, not 4th ventricle
What cut is this? How do you know?
No 4th ventricle, cerebral aqueduct
What cut is this? How do you know?
What cut is this? How do you know?
