CHAPTER 9 Flashcards
Spinal Cord and Meninges
_____: an area of cell bodies with their associated neuron parts within the CNS. contains enlargements known as the _____ (sensory) and the _____ (motor)
gray matter of the spinal cord
dorsal horns
ventral horns
_____: an area of primarily myelinated axons within the CNS. divided into _____, _____, and _____. _____: are columns of nerve bundles containing tracts that course up and down, to and from the brain. this includes tracts like the corticospinal tract _____ movement
white matter of the spinal cord posterior lateral anterior funiculi funiculi voluntary
_____: arises from the dorsal surface of the spinal cord. contains _____ neurons only
dorsal root
sensory
_____: an enlarged portion of the dorsal root. a _____ is as an area of cell bodies outside of the CNS. this contains cell bodies of _____ neurons
dorsal root ganglion
ganglion
sensory
_____: arising from the ventral surface of the spinal cord. contains axons of _____ neurons only
ventral root
motor
_____: the ventral root joins with the dorsal root to form this. it divides into the _____ and _____
spinal nerve
ventral
dorsal rami
the larger one supplies the entire anterior trunk, as well as the appendages. contains both sensory and motor neurons
ventral ramus
the smaller one supplies structures of the back. contains both sensory and motor neurons
dorsal ramus
the cell body is in the dorsal root ganglion. also called afferent neurons
sensory neuron
shown synapsing with a motor neuron. it is also shown crossing over to the other side of the spinal cord, leaving the gray matter, entering the white matter, and beginning to ascend through the cord
interneuron neuron
the cell body is in the gray matter of the spinal cord, and its axon passing through the white matter into the ventral root. also called efferent neurons
motor neurons
anatomy of the spinal cord
- the spinal cord is a long cylindrical mass of _____ that occupies the _____ of the vertebral canal
- it is connected to the _____ superiorly, where it is continuous with the _____. it extends inferiorly to the level of _____
- the lower end of the cord has a _____ shape and is termed the _____
- it presents enlargements in the _____ and _____ regions, where the cell bodies of the neurons for the _____ and _____ are located
- -the cervical enlargement is located from the _____ to _____ spinal segments
- -the lumbosacral enlargement is located from the _____ to _____ spinal segments
- below the vertebral level of _____, the vertebral canal is occupied by the _____
- -this consists of long roots of the lower _____ and the _____, which descend in a bundle from the _____
- -because of the difference in length of the spinal cord and vertebral canal, the level of attachment of the spinal root to the cord is _____ than the level of emergence of the _____
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spinal nerves
- at each segment, the _____ and the _____ join to form the _____. there are _____ pairs of spinal nerves.
- the first pair of spinal nerves (_____) emerges between the _____ and the _____
- the _____ nerves emerge above the correspondingly numbered vertebrae
- the _____ pair emerges below CV7
- the remaining spinal nerves, (T1-Cx1) emerge _____ the correspondingly numbered vertebrae
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region: cervical
number of nerve pairs: _____
nerve names: _____
8
C1-C8
region: thoracic
number of nerve pairs _____
nerve names _____
12
T1-T12