Spinal Cord

Question 1

Cervical vertebrae #

Answer 1

7

Question 2

Thorassic vertebrae

Answer 2

12

Question 3

Lumbar #

Answer 3

5

Question 4

Descending -efferent tracts (ACT)

Answer 4

Anterior corticospinal
Lateral corticospinal
Rubrospinal
Tectospinal

Question 5

Anterior and Lateral Corticospinal

Answer 5

Sends info to muscles and organs.

Anterior smaller than lateral

Question 6

Rubrospinal

Answer 6

Fine motor control upper extremities

Facilitates bending towards the body and inhibits bending away from the body

Question 7

Tectospinal

Answer 7

Aids in directing head movement in response to visual and auditory stimuli

Question 8

Fascuculus Cuneatus and Faniculus Gracilis

Answer 8

Joint and muscle sensation

Question 9

Lissauer

Answer 9

Pain and temperature

Question 10

Anterior/posterior spinocerebellar

Answer 10

Proprioception- seems info to cerebellum

Question 11

Spinothalamic tracts

Answer 11

Lateral-pain and temp

Central-impulse of touch

Question 12

Spinorericular

Answer 12

Sends info to reticular formation of thalamus

Reflex for pain

Question 13

Spinotectal

Answer 13

Sends info from SC to tectrum, which possesses information from the eyes and other sensory organs

Question 14

Major ascending tracts

Answer 14

Fascuculus Cuneatus and Faniculus Gracilis
Lissauer
Anterior/Posterior Spinocerebellar
Spinothalamic
Spinoreticular
Spinotectal

*Hint name states where they start(spino) and end

Question 15

Spinal cord vascular supply

Main supply

Answer 15

Anterior spinal artery feeds 2/3 of the spinal cord- anterior spinal artery is fed by the aorta

Two smaller arteries run posterior to the cord under Fed from the vertebral arteries and flow into the posterior 1/3 of the spinal cord

Question 16

Central cord syndrome

Answer 16

Neck hyper extension

Weakness and numbness primarily in the arms often accompanied by bowel and bladder incontinence

Question 17

Brown-Sequard Syndrome

Answer 17

One side of the spinal cord is injured
ipsilateral paralysis, loss of light touch sensation on the side of the lesion, loss of pain and temperature sensation on the contralateral side

Question 18

Anterior cord syndrome

Answer 18

Common because the anterior spinal cord is controlled by one artery. Also more susceptible to injury than other portions of the cord. Loss of muscle control pain and temperature without loss of proprioception and touch

Question 19

Posterior cord syndrome

Answer 19

Occurs with intraoperative complications
Rare
No sense of where limbs and body are in space below the level of the damage but possesses strength

Question 20

Chronic pain

Answer 20

58%

More prevalent with people with mTBI than severe

Question 21

Swallowing problems after severe TBI

Answer 21

90%