Spinal Cord Flashcards
Typical human has how many pairs of spinal nerves?
31
What’s responsible for involuntary system control?
autonomic system
This is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system
neuron
layer of lipid and protein sheaths that speed up impulse transmission from neuron to neuron
myelin
collection of nerve fibers that connects CNS with somatic muscles and structures in the body
peripheral nerves
origin and termination of spinal cord
medulla to L1/L2
efferent fiber cell bodies are found in:
ventral horns
which level of the spinal cord has the largest area of gray matter?
lumbar
outermost meningeal layer
dura mater
what anchors spinal cord to posterior coccyx
filum terminale
what anchors the spinal cord to dural sac
denticulate ligament
where to cervical spinal nerves exit the intervertebral foramina?
above the named segment
dense tissue surrounding a fascicle in a peripheral nerve
perineurium
what accommodates the cauda equina?
lumbar cistern
The brain and spinal cord makes up the:
Central nervous system
