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Spinal Cord Flashcards

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Conus Medullaris

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End tip of the spinal cord

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Level of conus medullaris in newborns and adults

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Newborns: L3/L4 Adults: L1/L2

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Areas of the spinal cord that are enlarged

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Cervical (5-T1) , Lumbosacral (L1-L3) : limbs need more innervation

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Ventral median fissure

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Wide groove on the anterior midline

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Dorsal median sulcus

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Narrow groove on the posterior midline

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Order of nerves from medial to lateral

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Spinal cord, rootlet, root, spinal nerve, rami

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White matter: 3 tracts

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Dorsal, spinothalamic, Lateral corticopinal (pyramid) tracts

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Dorsal column of white matter

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  • Primary ascending fibers
  • Transmits ipsilateral fine touch/proprioception
  • Subsets: Fasciculus gracilis/cuneatus
  • Synapses w/ 2º fibers within the nuclei of medulla, then decussates
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Ascending fibers

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Sensory fibers

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Fasciculus gracilis

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Subset of dorsal column that carries lower body info

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Fasciculus cuneatus

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  • Subset of dorsal column, carries upper body information
  • Only found in the upper body
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Decussation

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Crossing over the midline

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Spinothalamic tract

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  • in both lateral and ventral columns
  • 2º ascending fibers (synpasing in dorsal gray horn)
  • Lateral tract transmits Contralateral pain/temp
  • Anterior tract transmits crude touch/pressure
  • synapse with 3º in thalamus
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Clinical: unilateral lesions of spinothalamic tract cause what?

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Contralateral anesthesia, 1-2 segments below lesion

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Lateral Corticospinal (pyramidal tract)

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  • Lateral column of white matter
  • Formed by descending upper motor neurons
  • Synapse with lower motor neurons in ventral gray horn for distribution to keletal muscle for voluntary motor control
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Descending neurons

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Motor neurons

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Upper motor neurons

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  • Originate in the motor cortices of the Cerebrum
  • decussate in medulla at the pyramids
  • Run contralaterally in spinal cord
  • Contralateral motor control
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Lower motor neurons

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  • Synapse with UMN in ventral gray horn
  • Connect UMN with muscles for voluntary muscle control
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Clinical: what happens if there is a lesion in the lateral cortiocospinal tract?

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Paralysis below the level of damage

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Gray matter: neurons and portions

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  • Primarily formed by neural cell bodies, axon terminal branches, dendrites
  • Ventral, lateral, dorsal, horns and gray commissure
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Ventral horns of gray matter

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  • Found in all levels of the spinal cord
  • Contains Somatic motor neurons
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Somatic

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voluntary, skeletal muscle

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Efferent

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Going away (exiting) the CNS to motor neurons

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General Somatic efferents

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  • aka Lower motor neurons
  • Innervate skeletal muscles
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Dorsal Horns of gray matter

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  • Found in all levels of spinal cord
  • contains central processes of sensory neuron axons and interneurons
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General Somatic Afferents

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  • aks sensory neuron axons
  • Take sensory info to the brain
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Interneurons

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  • aka Ia
  • Integrate various sensory and motor neurons
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Lateral horns of gray matter

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  • Found only in spinal cord segments T1 to L2
  • Contains preganglionic sympathetic neuron cell bodies
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General Visceral Efferents

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  • Relays information for the preganglionic (autonomic nervous system) sympathetic (excitement neurons) neuron bodies
  • Goes to the involuntary muscles
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Gray Commissure

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  • Found at all levels of the spinal cord
  • Connects the left and righ gray columns
  • Area of decussation
31
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Central Canal

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  • Continuous with the 4th ventrical of the brain
  • Contains cerebrospinal fluid
  • May be occluded in aged or diseased spinal cord

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