Chapter 16: Spinal Cord And Spinal Nerves Flashcards
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Spinal cord
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- link between the brain and the rest of the body
- controls reflexes
- site for integration of neuronal stimulation
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Spinal nerve functions
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- pathway for sensory and motor impulses
-responsible for reflexes
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Spinal meninges
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Cover the spinal cord that excisions from the intervertebral foramina
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Cerebral spinal fluid
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Shock absorbing fluid in the spinal cord
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Denticulate ligament
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Thickenings of the pia mater that project and connect the arachnoid mater to the dura mater
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Dura mater
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- most superficial
- made of dense p, irregular connective tissue
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Epidural space
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- space between the dura mater and the walls of the vertebral canal
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Arachnoid mater
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- middle layer
- Avascular covering
- contain collagen fibres and some elastic fibers
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Subdural space
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- between the dura mater and the arachnoid
- contains interstitial fluid
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Pia mater
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- Inner most layer
- highly vascular, transparent connective tissue
- adheres to the surface of the spinal cord
- contains squamous and cuboidal cells within interlacing bundles if collage and elastic fibres
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Gross anatomy of spinal cord: parts
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Superior to inferior
- cervical
- thoracic
- lumbar
- sacral
- coccygeal
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Conus medullaris
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The tapering inferior me of the spinal cord
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Cauda equine
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“Hourses tail”
- axons that extend inferiorly from the spinal cords conus medullaris
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Volume terminale
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The strand of pia mater within cauda equina that attaches to the medullaris to the coccyx
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Cervical enlargement
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- Located in the inferior cervical part of the spinal cord
- inner areas the upper limbs
