Spinal Chord Flashcards
Why are there 8 Cervical nerves by only 7 cervical vertebrae?
Nerve comes out above,
so 7th cervical vertebrae has 2 nerves C7 & C8
To what vertebrae does the fetal chord extend to?
L3
What is a denticulate ligament?
Extension of pia
Where does the greater, lesser, and least splanchnic synapse?
- Celiac ganglion
- Superior mesenteric
- Renal Plexus
What is the film terminale extension of?
PIA
What fuses to form coccygeal ligament?
Dura & Pia
What is lumbar cistern?
Subarachnoid space caudal to conus medularis
In which vertebrae is the cord mostly caudal equine?
SACRAL cord
- very little white matter
How many anterior and posterior spinal chord arteries?
3
one anterior and 2 posterior
What arteries contribute to the Circle of Willis?
- Basilar
- Posterior SPinal
- Anterior Spinal
- AICA
- SCA
Which somites form the dermis, muscle, and skeleton?
- Dermatome
- Myotome
- Scleratome
Whats a major difference between dermatomes and Peripheral Nerves?
Dermatomes is an area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve, (dorsal ganglion)
- peripheral nerve = multiple spinal nerve roots
- 2 or more dermatomes overlapped
What are the dermatomes for the following areas?
- Back of head
- Thumb & index finger
- Nipples
- Umbilicus
- Kneecap
- Lateral Foot
- C2
- C6
- T4
- T10
- L3/L4
- S1
Which rotates medially? laterally of the following:
- Thumbs
- Big toes
- Thumb = laterally
2. Toe = Medially
Which muscles, flexors or extensors, are pre-axial? Post-axial?
pre-axial = FLEXORS
post-axial = EXTENSORS
Where does the dorsal root enter?
Posterior Lateral Sulcus
What separates 2 white bundles?
Posterior Intermediate Sulcus
between Gracilus and Cuneatus
Where is the Anterior spinal artery found?
Anterior Median FISSURE
Where is the ventral horn located?
(motor)
- Anterior Lateral Sulcus
What is another name for the zone of Lissauer?
Dorsolateral Fasciculus
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What is a commissure? What is the largest commissure?
Connection between left & right
CORPUS CALLOSUM
Where are sympathetics located? Motor innervation? Sensory?
Sympathetics = IML Intermediate Gray
Motor - Anterior Horn
Sensory = Posterior Horn
What are spinal chord nuclei?
Group of neurons with a common function
ex: 12 only has GSE so hypoglossal nucleus