Chapter 16, Spinal Cord

Question 1

Spinal cords

Answer 1

Provides a vital link between the brain and the rest of the body

Question 2

Spinal cords main functions

Answer 2

Pathway for sensory and motor impulses, responsible for flexes

Question 3

Gross anatomy of the spinal cord

Answer 3

8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 1 coccygeal

Question 4

Epidural space

Answer 4

between the dura mater and periosteum

Question 5

Dura mater

Answer 5

Most external of the meninges

Question 6

Subdural space

Answer 6

between the dura mater and arachnoid

Question 7

Subarachnoid space is filled with

Answer 7

cerebrospinal fluid

Question 8

what is located in the center of the spinal cord

Answer 8

gray matter

Question 9

where are Sensory nuclei

Answer 9

in posterior horns

Question 10

where are the two motor nuclei

Answer 10

Somatic motor nuclei are in the anterior horns.

Autonomic motor nuclei are in the lateral horns

Question 11

Anterior roots contain

Answer 11

motor axons only

Question 12

Posterior roots contain

Answer 12

sensory axons only

Question 13

referred pain

Answer 13

pain in somewhere that isnt near the problem