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Ch 13 Lec 3 - Nervous System + Ch 14 Lec 1 - Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves Flashcards

1
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if a neuron is excited but still below threshold, it said to be in blank

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facilitation

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cns structure that is a collection of neuron cell bodies

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nuclei

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3
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cns structure that is the collection of neuron cell bodies working together

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center

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4
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cns structure that are bundles of axons

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tracts

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5
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pns structure that is a collection of neuron cell bodies

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ganglia

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pns structure that is a bundle of axons

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nerves

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spinal cord is a slender nerve blank

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column

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size of spinal cord

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45 cm long

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spinal cord has blank matter

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gray and white

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10
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hold down the center of spinal cord with continuous brain ventricles and both contain csf

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central canal

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two grooves of spinal cord

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anterior median fissure, posterior median sulcus

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12
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two swollen regions of the spinal cord

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cervical enlargement, lumbar enlargement

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13
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inferior most tip of the spinal cord; cone shaped

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conus medullaris

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14
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means horse’s tail; bundle of nerves inferior to spinal cord

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cauda equina

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15
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inferior most spinal nerve

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filum terminale

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16
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this consists of cell bodies, dendrites, and synapses

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gray matter

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projections of gray matter are called blank

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horns

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18
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cell bodies are organized into blank like blank and blank

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nuclei, sensory, motor

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19
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three interior horns

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posterior, anterior, lateral

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five white tracts/columns

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posterior, anterior, lateral, ascending tract, descending tract

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21
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white matter tract that is sensory

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ascending

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22
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white matter tract that is motor

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descending tract

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23
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membranes covering the central nervous system

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meninges

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24
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meninges are similar in both blank and blank

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brain, spinal cord

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meninges are split into layers called blank which means mother

26
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vertebrae consist of vertebral blank

27
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space between meninges and vertebra and contains blood vessels and adipose

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epidural space

28
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meninges connect to blank covering of spinal nerves

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connective tissue

29
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the tough mother meninge that is very durable

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dura mater

30
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dura mater is blank to epidural space

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dura mater is superficial to blank

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subdural space

32
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spidery mother meninge

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arachnoid mater

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arachnoid mater is superficial to blank

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subarachnoid space

34
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connective tissue looks like a spider web in this mater

35
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delicate mother that is a light layer adhering to the spinal cord

36
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pia mater forms part of blank

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filum terminale

37
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the subarachnoid space is with blank

38
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parts of spinal meninges

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vertebra, epidural space, dura mater, subdural space, arachnoid layer, subarachnoid space, pia mater, neural tissue

39
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how many pairs of spinal nerves

40
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how many cervical spinal nerve pairs

41
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how many thoracic spinal nerves pairs

42
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how many lumbar spinal nerves pairs

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how many sacral spinal nerves pairs

44
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how many coccygeal spinal nerves pairs

45
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two nerve componenets

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dorsal root, ventral root

46
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axons of dorsal root are called blank

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dorsal root ganglion

47
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dorsal roots are usually blank

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ventral root has no blank and is usually blank

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ganglion, motor

49
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roots merge to form blank

50
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spinal nerves are usually blank and blank

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sensory and motor

51
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all roots go through the blank

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intervertebral foramina

52
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surrounds the entire nerve and is a connective tissue

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epineurium

53
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ct that surrounds bundles of 10-100 axons (fascicle)

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perineurium

54
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ct that surrounds each individual axon of each neuron

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endoneurium

55
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offshoots of a nerve once it exits the vertebra

56
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three types of rami

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dorsal ramus, ventral ramus, ramus communicantes

57
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a splitting in the ramus separating sensory and motor fibers

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rami communicantes

58
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two splits of the rami communicantes

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white, gray

59
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sensory innervation by specific spinal nerves

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dermatomes

60
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spinal cord damage will result in loss of blank in dermatome

61
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the method of detection of nerve damage in humans

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dermatomes

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