Laminectomy & Spinal Cord

Question 1

ligament holding dens in place

Answer 1

transverse ligament of atlas

Question 2

when PLL becomes tectorial membrane the PLL becomes considerably blank

Answer 2

wider

Question 3

yellow ligament between vertebrae

Answer 3

ligamentum flavum

Question 4

spinal nerve splits into blank and blank

Answer 4

rami, roots

Question 5

dorsal root is blank only

Answer 5

sensory

Question 6

ventral root is blank only

Answer 6

motor

Question 7

this part of spinal cord is kind of mixed in with the cauda equina but cone shaped

Answer 7

conus medullaris

Question 8

everything in the cauda equina is blank

Answer 8

unidirectional

Question 9

white coating with holes for nerves / blood vessels of spinal cord

Answer 9

dura mater

Question 10

super thin saran wrap looking structure around spinal cord

Answer 10

arachnoid mater

Question 11

stuck right to the spinal cord and invisible to naked eye

Answer 11

pia mater

Question 12

tiny spinal cord that continues into cauda equina

Answer 12

filum terminale

Question 13

these ligaments stabilize the spinal cord itself by attaching

Answer 13

denticulate ligaments

Question 14

this space in the spinal cord has the csf

Answer 14

subarachnoid space

Question 15

posterior spinal artery is blank

Answer 15

paired

Question 16

anterior spinal artery is blank

Answer 16

single

Question 17

gray ramus is blank but has blank fibers

Answer 17

unidirectional, both

Question 18

white ramus is blank but has blank fibers

Answer 18

bidirectional, both