Ch.32 Flashcards
Anterior cord syndrome
Results from injury of the sensory and motor tracts located in the anterior portion of the cord
Brown sequard syndrome
Effects differ on both sides of the body. Motor and sensory loss below injury site
Central cord syndrome
The medial or middle portion of the spinal cord is injured causing a dysfunction in the inner tracts that control upper extremity Motor and sensory function
Cervical spine
The first seven vertebrae that form the neck
Coccyx
Tailbone
Complete spinal cord injury
Results when an area of the spinal cord has been completely transected either physically or physiologically
Disk
Between each to vertebrae is a fluid filled pad of tough elastic cartilage called
Incomplete spinal cord injury
Occurs when the spinal cord is injured but not completely through all the three major tracts motor light and pain tracts
Light touch tracts
Are tested by applying light touch to the patient
Lumbar spine
The next five vertebrae that form the lower back
Motor tracts
Carry impulses from pain receptors up the spinal cord and out to the muscles
Neurogenic hypotension
From spinal shock results from an injury to the spinal cord that interrupts nerve impulses to the arteries
Pain tracts
Carry impulses from pain receptors up the spinal cord to the brain
Priapism
A male patient might have an involuntary erection of the penis
Sacral spine
Sacrum the next five vertebrae that are fused together and form the rigid posterior portion of the pelvis
Self restriction
Which is for the patient himself to keep his head neck and spin in alignment and to restrict or prevent his movements
Spinal column
Or vertebral column is the principal support system of the body
Spinal cord
Compromised of nervous tissue exits the brain through an opening at the base of the skull
Spinal shock
Is a temporary concussion like insult to the spinal cord that causes effects below the level of the injury
Spine motion restriction smr
Steps to keep the spine in a anatomic alignment and to restrict its movement
Thoracic spine
The 12 vertebrae directly below the cervical vertebrae that compose the upper back
Vertebrae
Spinal column consists of 33 irregularly shaped bones
