Exam 3 Flashcards
Parameters of spinal cord
Foramen magnum to L1/L2
Enlargements of spinal cord
Cervical C4-T1
Lumbar L2-S2
Meningeal Layers and their parts
Dura - subdural space
Arachnoid - subarachnoid space
Pia - denticulate ligaments and filum terminale
Thecal suac
Dura and arachnoid together
Epidural space
Space between thecal sac and bony vertebral canal. Filled with blood vessels and fat
Parts of the dorsal gray horn
Substantia gelatinosa
Lamina
Nucleus proprius
Function of lamina
Has transmission cells that transmit sensation of pain/temperature
Origin of contralateral lateral spinothalamic tract
Function of nucleus proprius
Origin of CL ventral spinothalamic tract
Transmits general, crude touch
Parts of the ventral gray horn
Ventral medial gray horn
Ventral lateral gray horn
Intermediolateral cell column
Dorsal nucleus of Clarke
Function of ventral medial gray horn
Motor neurons to trunk musculature
Located all along spinal cord
Function of ventral lateral gray horn
Motor neurons to extremities
Located only at cervical and lumbar enlargements
Function of intermediolateral cell column
T1-L3 - preganglionic sympathetics
S2-S4 - preganglionic parasympathetics
Function of Dorsal nucleus of Clarke
Ipsilateral dorsal spinocerebellar tract
Conscious and unconscious proprioceptive information of LEs
Reciprocal inhibition
Inhibit motor neurons of anatagonistic muscle during voluntary motion and reflex testing
Non-reciprocal inhibition
Inhibits motor neurons of agonists, antagonists, and synergists throughout the limb to allow smooth movement
Recurrent inhibition
Inhibit agonist motor neuron and synergist to allow for controlled movement
Interneuron is known as Renshaw cells
Function of dorsal funiculus
Ascending axons that transmit 2 point discrimination, vibration, fine point discriminatory touch and position sense from ipsilateral LQ (gracilus) and UQ (cuneatus)
Fasiculus gracilus
Located throughout the spinal cord
Fasciculus cuneatus
Located at spinal cord segments T6 and above
Stepping pattern generator (SPG)
pools of interneurons coordinating movement. Have both inhibitory and stimulatory
Three descending tracts of lateral funiculus
Lateral cortical spinal tract
Raphe spinal tract
Hypothalamospinal tract
Function of lateral cortical spinal tract
Descending axons of contralateral pre-motor/pre-central gyri that synapse on motor neurons of extremity muscles
Responsible for fine control of limb musculature (fractionation)
Function of raphe spinal tract
Descending axons from brainstem that synapse on neurons in dorsal gray horn to modify pain perception