Lec 2 - Spinal Cord Flashcards
Each spinal cord innervates a blank
Dermatome
Spinal cords have ascending/descending pathways
Both
Posterior horns of spinal cord has blank
Sensory interneurons
Anterior horns of spinal cord has blank
Motor neurons
Intermediate gray matter of the spinal cord has blank neurons central to autonomic ganglia
Autonomic
Spinal cord is suspended in the dural tube by blank and blank
Denticulate ligaments, arachnoid trabeculae
Posterior rootlets enter the spinal cord at the blank
Posterolateral sulcus
Anterior rootlets leave the spinal cord at the blank
Anterolateral sulcus
Spinal cord starts at blank and ends at blank
Pyramidal decusation, conus medullaris
Extension of the pia past the conus medullaris that is anchored to the coccyx
Filum terminale
31 segments of the spinal cord
8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coccygeal
Part of spinal cord that supplies upper extremities
Cervical enlargement
Part of spinal cord that supplies lower extremities
Lumbar enlargement
During this fetal month, the cord and vertebral column grow at the same rate
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At birth, spinal cord ends at blank
L3