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Exam 2 - Lecture 3 Flashcards

1
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3 pressure sensor sensory receptors he circled on lecture

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Free nerve endings, Pacinian Corpuscle and Meissner’s Corpuscle, turn physical force into electrical signal.

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Another name for adaptation

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Reset

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Pain receptors have _______ adaptation.

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Reverse.

More painful stimulus youre subjected to, those receptors become MORE sensitive.

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Addiction to pain meds starts when?

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When you take it for a time other than pain

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Important to _____ before it gets out of control

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Tackle pain.

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Best way to prevent ramping up process of pain before it starts is to:

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Create a nerve block in the body to prevent the pain before being transmitted, and reverse adaptation wont happen.

Once reverse adaptation starts, its very difficult but not impossible to stop.

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How is the body positioned during directional nomenclature?

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Standing straight up with palms faced out

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Super/inferior

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altitude…..

Head/feet

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Dorsal/ventral

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Back-posterior/Front-anterior

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Medial/Lateral

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Midline/side

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Rostral/caudal

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Front upper/lower rear, also called caudad

used in neurosurgical procedures to describe where they are moving

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Distal/proximal

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Further/closer to CNS

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Sagittal plane

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Separates left/right side of body

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Coronal plane

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Separates front from back

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Horizontal plane

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Magician would cut in half, superior from inferior

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Oblique plane

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goofy/odd angle

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Telencephalon

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Outer part of brain, vast majority of cerebral hemispheres.

Cerebral cortex, subcortical white matter, commissures, basal ganglia

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18
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Diencephalon

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inner area of brain, serves as connecting point between cerebral hemispheres and brain stem.

Thalamus, hypothalamus (under)

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Thalamus ends up being an important _______ between _____________.

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important relay center between cerebral hemispheres and brain stem/rest of body

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20
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Thalamus is in charge of:

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receiving information and sending it to rest of body

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21
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Hypothalamus is super important for:

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Sensory and control center such as osmoreceptors, infection sensors, temp sensors.

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Brain stem divided into 3 parts:

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Top: mid brain aka mesencephalon
Mid: pons, olive shaped structure in middle of brain stem
Bottom: medulla oblongata
Beneath that: cord

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Sulcus

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Grooves in brain

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Gyrus

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lumps of brain, separated by sulcus

“Gie-Rye” plural for gyrus

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Fissure

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Really really deep groove

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26
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Frontal lobe

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-Most of our thinking

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Parietal lobe

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Behind frontal lobe, primary somatosensory cortex such as feeling pressure, sometimes pain.

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Occipital lobe

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Vision processing, back of brain

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Central Sulcus

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very deep groove thats the main anatomical marker between frontal and parietal lobe, between thinking and sensation.

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Temporal lobe

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sides of brain where ears are, process auditory. language comprehension, listening to music.

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Lateral sulcus

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Temporal/lateral fissure, separating temporal lobe from other structures (frontal and parietal lobes)

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Longitudinal fissure

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Deep groove separating left and right hemispheres, can be seen from inferior view or coronal (basicallly cutting through sagittal plane)

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Groove that separates occipital from parietal

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NONE

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34
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one side of brain talks to other side of brain through _________, which is a limited pathway

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Corpus callosum

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35
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Cross-talk

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One side of the brain talking to other side through corpus callosum

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36
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Why is corpus callosum a lighter color?

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Lots of myelinated neurons for passing information.

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37
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Wernicke’s area

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Temporal lobe, language processing.

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38
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Broca’s area

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Speaking (thinking), frontal lobe.

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39
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Motor cortex

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Frontal lobe, cause youre thinking about it. Its the area anterior to central sulcus (aka precentral gyrus), most posterior part of frontal lobe.

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Planning happens in

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Anterior portion of frontal lobe.`

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41
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Somatosensory cortex

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Postcentral gyrus, anterior part of parietal lobe.

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42
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Precentral gyrus

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primary motor cortex, right in front of central sulcus.

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43
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Limbic system

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Behavior, emotions, motivation, found mostly in temporal lobe but also in other areas of brain.

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44
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Spinal cord diameter

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size of a quarter, fairly small.

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45
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Darker/whiter areas of spinal cord

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Grey matter/White matter

due to presence of myelinated neurons, which are mostly present in white matter.

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Grey matter has ________ myelin.

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Alot less myelin, but still present.

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Cell bodies dont have ______ on them.

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Myelin, so they will be mostly in grey matter.

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48
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Decisions are made in:

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Cell bodies in grey matter

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49
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Thinking part of CNS

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Grey matter

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50
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Transmitting of decisions in CNS

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White matter

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51
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In brain, dark matter is found

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Superficial to white matter on outside of cerebral hemispheres, which is odd cause rest of body has decision making structures deep.

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What is the good part about grey matter being superficial?

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Blood vessels that supply the brain are superficial so they get fed nutrients easier.

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53
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Downsides of superficial grey matter

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Head injuries are easier to damage grey matter and wont have processing power we once had.

54
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Whats the buffer for the brain in physical injuries?

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CSF.

55
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Concussion

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Grey areas hitting the walls of the brain

56
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Brain adapts to injuries but:

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Its not perfect and wont be the same i.e. a stroke

57
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Rear/posterior side of cord

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Top side.

58
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Front/anterior side of cord

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Bottom side

59
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Information moving one side to another of spinal cord is limited, with small area of white and grey matter connecting each side, what are the names of these areas?

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Grey matter: Lamina 10
White matter: Anterior white commissure (AWC)

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Commissure means

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Connecting, also called x-over.

61
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Top groove in spinal cord

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Posterior median sulcus/fissure.

62
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Bottom groove in spinal cord

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Anterior median fissure/sulcus

63
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Which median fissure is wider? Why?

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Anterior, arterial vessel is parked in front of it.

64
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Dead center of grey matter in lamina 10 is called?

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Central canal, lined with ciliated cells to move CSF up and down spinal cord.

65
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Where is CSF produced?

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Brain

66
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Is this diameter of central canal the same throughout the spinal cord?

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No, its wider at the top and skinnier at the bottom.

67
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CSF movement direction

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made in brain, cilia cells forward fresh CSF down the central canal, out the bottom and then it surrounds/maintains environment around spinal cord.

68
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Grey matter in spinal cord looks like

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Butterfly

69
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Dorsal horns

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Posterior grey matter in cord

Sensory information is fed into the back of the cord, into dorsal horns

70
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Ventral horns

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Anterior grey matter in cord

Motor function comes out of ventral horn.

71
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Cell bodies in dorsal horn have

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Sensory function

72
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Cell bodies in ventral horn have

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Motor function

73
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Epidurals are made easier by what?

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Sensory function being in back of spinal cord in dorsal horns

74
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Lateral horns

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Not to be worried about, but be aware. small projections between dorsal and ventral horns.

75
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Feed vessels for spinal circulation come from

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branches of intercostal arteries

76
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Where does cord perfusion come from?

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Intercostal arteries that connect with spinal arteries.

Feed vessels also come from top of cord near brain stem and upper neck.

77
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We have autoregulation of _____ and ________.

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Brain blood flow and spinal cord blood flow

78
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Posterior spinal arteries are on

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each side

79
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Anterior spinal artery is

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Sits in anterior median fissure

80
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Spinal veins are mostly similar to arteries except

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posterior spinal vein is in middle and not sides

81
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information sent into back of cord is sent through

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Posterior rootlets from posterior root with spinal ganglion

82
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Coverage for this class ends at

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Peripheral Spinal nerves

83
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Motor function sent out the ventral horn is sent into

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Anterior rootlets to anterior root

84
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When sensory comes into posterior spinal cord into dorsal horns, where does it go to reach the brain?

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Hops over to white matter to be sent to brain

85
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What direction does sensory enter cord?

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Horizontally

86
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Sensory stuff is sent ______ to brain stem and brain

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Ascending pathway/column

87
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Where are ascending columns in cord?

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Moslty in rear, few in superficial anterior section and lateral sections of cord

88
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posterior rootlets

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Individual strands of groups of fibers

89
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Root

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Where rootlets all come together, both in anterior/posterior.

90
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Where both roots come together?

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Spinal nerve

91
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Spinal nerves are gonna have:

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Mix sensory and motor function

92
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Unique structure of posterior root

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Big lump, it’s a collection of cell bodies from psuedounipolar sensory neurons, called a spinal ganglion.

93
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Descending pathways/columns

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Mostly lateral on each sides of cord, some in anterior part around anterior median sulcus.

94
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Cervical spine characteristics

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7 vertebra, 8 pairs of spinal nerves coming off cord.

95
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How are C1 pairs of spinal nerves unique

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They come out above the vertebra, while the rest come out the bottom of the vertebra.

96
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Thoracic spine characteristics

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12 vertebrae, 12 pairs that come out underneath each vertebra.

97
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Lumbar spine characteristics

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5 vertebra, 5 pairs coming out underneath each vertebra.

98
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Sacral spine characteristics

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Originally starts with 5 vertebra at birth, but they eventually fuse into sacrum as solid bone but have 5 pairs of nerves that orinate below where vertebra originally were.

99
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Coccygeal

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Below sacrum, start off with 4 vertebra, fuse into 2, ONE pair of spinal nerves.

100
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Dermatomes

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Where spinal nerves are covering sensory fields on body.

101
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Dermatome man

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Man bending over at waist with hands towards the floor.

102
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S-shaped spine with discs serves as

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Springy structure absorbing shock.

103
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Cervical spine curvature

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Lordosis, anterior curvature, convex from the front view

104
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Thoracic spine curvature

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Kyphosis, posterior curvature, concave from front view

105
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Lumbar spine curvature

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Lordosis, anterior curvature, convex

106
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Sacral spine curvature

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Kyphosis, posterior curvature, concave

107
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Abnormal curvature causes what? Where is most common?

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Affects shock absorption. Thoracic kyphosis as you get super old, think hunchback lady walking across the street.

108
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What kind of curvature are you born with?

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Overall whole spine is a kyphotic curvature, C-spine and L-spine lordosis curvature forms later to form “S” shape.

109
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Scoliosis

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Abnormal lateral curvature (left-right)

110
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People may not even know they have this abnormal curvature:

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Scoliosis

111
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Most common combination of abnormal curvature

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Kyphos-scoliosis

112
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What is difficult before full s-shaped spine is formed?

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Difficult to balance, hold head up, and walk with complete kyphotic curvature

113
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Verterbral body

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Weight supporting structure of spine, where discs sit on.

114
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Size of vertebral body is

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Smaller up top, bigger down low due to how much weight they are supporting.

115
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Much more _______ vertebral bodies at base of spine compared to superior parts of spine.

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Robust.

116
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U shaped structure that encases the cord is called

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Vertebral arch

117
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Part of arch that connect to vertebral body

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Pedicle

118
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Bottom of u-shaped arch is called

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Lamina

119
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Process is a

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Bony extension, palpable markers you can feel

120
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Spinous process

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Comes off the bottom of arch, palpable.

121
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Transverse process

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Comes off each side laterally of arch near pedicle

122
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Superior articular process

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Extending superiorly from each side of arch, connecting to inferior articular process of above vertebra.

123
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Articular/articulate means

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connecting one thing to another

124
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Inferior vertebral notch? where is it and what is its purpose?

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Underneath pedicle, where the spinal nerve exits on each side.

125
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Joint connecting inferior and super articular process

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Facet joint, pronounced “fuh-set”

called inferior articular facet, has cartilage on it

126
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Vertebral foramen

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Where cord and nerve roots are. Foramen is an opening.

127
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Cervical vertebrae foramen?

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  • Large vertebral foramen due to larger spinal cord at top with more information
128
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Unique foramen for cervical spine

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Transverse foramen laterally on each side of vertebral body. Houses vertebral bodies C1-C6, C7 has artery on outside even though it has a foramen for it.

129
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Does C1 still have superior articular facet?

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Yes

130
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Cervical spinous process

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C2-C5 are bifid
C6 is bifid half the time
C7 is single spinous process, rare 0.3% have bifid

131
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Transverse process has _______ for ______ to hangout in

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Sulcus/divot/groove/hollowed out area for spinal nerves

132
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4 arteries for the brain, where are they?

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2 of them are in posterior, in transverse processes in C-spine, and 2 of them are anterior which are carotid arteries.

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