Ch. 14 Flashcards
average individual spinal cord length
45 cm long and 0.5 max width
spinal cord goes down to
L1 L2
spinal cord stops growing after age
4
very end of the spinal cord is called
conus medullaris
root to stabilize conus medullaris
filum terminale
inferior nerve roots on spinal cord
cauda equina
spinal nerve amount
31 pairs
posterior surface of spinal cord groove
posterior median sulcus
anterior surface of spinal cord deep
anterior median fissure
center of spinal cord hole
central canal contains cerebrospinal fluid
spinal cord gray mater forms
butterfly
gray matter is where you see
clusters of cell bodies and interneurons
horn that is in the top left corner
posterior dorsal gray horn
below the posterior dorsal gray horn is the
lateral intermediate gray horn
what type of neurons does posterior dorsal gray horn have
sensory nuclei
lateral gray horn does
motor nuclei that are autonomic, cardiac smooth muscle
front of horn gray matter
anterior ventral gray horn
anterior ventral gray horn nuclei
skeletal muscle signal
the most superficial of the meninges is the
dura mater
dura mater means
hard durable mother
dura mater is
tough tissue fibrous ct
space above or on top of dura mater
epidural space
middle layer of spinal meninges
arachnoid mater
minimal space between spinal meninges
arachnoid mater and dura mater
when you die arachnoid mater and dura mater
seperate and make subdural apace
space after arachnoid mater is
subarachnoid space
subarachnoid space is where
cerebrospinal fluid flows
subarachnoid space is filled with
elastic fibers and collagen
deepest layer of spinal meninges
pia mater
pia mater attachment
very tight with neural tissue
pia mater includes
blood vessels to help nutriate
BOTH spinal and epidural anesthesia involve injecting anesthesia near
spinal cord, patient is awake, avoid risks of general
most spinal and epidural differences have to do with
location of needle
spinal anesthesia, needle penetrates through to
dura mater, arachnoid mater, into the subarachnoid space
with epidural anesthesia it only penetrates
through skin, muscle, and ligaments in epidural space
spinal anesthetic can only be injected
inferior to L2, spinal cord stops there
pain relief anesthesia quickly with
spinal, it is closer to nueral tissue
epidural pain relief time
10-15 minutes