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Spinal Cord Flashcards

1
Q

Where does the spinal cord start

A

Inferior to the medulla oblongata

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2
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Where does the spinal cord end?

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Between L1 L2

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3
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Sulcus

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Narrow groove

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4
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Fissure

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Wider groove

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5
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Conus medullaris

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Thin, conical spinal cord below L enlargement

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6
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Cauda Equina

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Nerve root extending below the conus medullaris

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7
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Filum Terminae

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Thin thread of Fibrous Tissue that attaches to the coccygeal ligament

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8
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Cervical Enlargement

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Nerves for shoulders and limbs

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9
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Lumbar enlargement

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Nerves for pelvis and lower limbs

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10
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Meninges

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Membranes that isolate spinal cord from surroundings

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11
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Dura matter

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The outer layer that is thick and durable and a thin cord

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12
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Arachnoid

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Spider Webbed layer

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13
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Pia Mater

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Inner most layer

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14
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What is meningitis

A

Bacteria in the meninges

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15
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Where is the epidural space

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Between the Dura matter and walls of the vertebrae canal

Contains loose connective tissue and adipose tissue

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16
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Where is Cerebrospinal fluid

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Circulates in subarachnoid space contains collagen and elastin fiber

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17
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Longitudty

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Dura matter fuses with periosteum of occipital bone

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18
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Laterally

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denticulate ligaments connect pia matter

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19
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Ventral roots

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Contains Axons of Motor Nerves

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20
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Dorsal root

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Contains axons of sensory nerves

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21
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Dorsal root ganglia

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Big bulge on the dorsal root

22
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What is Gray Matter made of

A

Cell bodies dendrites synapses

23
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What is white matter made of

A

Myelin makes the color Axons of ascending sensory and descending

24
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What are the sections of gray matter

A 
The gray horn:
Posterior- Somatic and Visceral sensory Nuclei 
Anterior- Somatic Motor Nuclei 
Lateral- Visceral Motor 
Gray Commissure:
Axon crossing
25
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The gray horn:

A

Posterior- Somatic and Visceral sensory Nuclei
Anterior- Somatic Motor Nuclei
Lateral- Visceral Motor

26
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Gray Commissure:

A

Axon crossing

27
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Epineurium

A

Outer layer

28
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Perineurium

A

Middle, surrounds the facicle

29
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Endoneurium

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Entire individual axon

30
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Permotormes

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Each pair of spinal nerves motors a specific region of the body

31
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Nerve plexus

A

Complex and woven networks of nerve fibers that controls skeletal muscles cervical muscles brachial muscles and lumbar sacral muscles

32
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Cervical plexus

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Consists of C1 through C5

33
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Phrenic Nerve

A

Helps control breathing

34
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Brachial plexus

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C5 through T1

35
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Lumbar plexus

A

T 12 through L4

36
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Sacral plexus

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L5 through S4

37
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Sensory neurons

A

10 million and they deliver to the CNS

38
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Motor neurons

A

I have 1 million delivers commands CNS to effectors

39
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Interneurons

A

2 billion they do both

40
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Divergence

41
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Convergence

42
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Serial processing

43
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Parallel

A

One to many

44
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Reverbratius

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Positive feedback

45
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What is a reflex

A

The automatic response coordinated with the CNS

46
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Development Reflexes

A

Innate or required

Born or learned

47
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Information processing Reflex

A

Spinal reflex or cranial reflex

48
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Neural Circuitry

A

Monosynaptic polysynaptic neurons

49
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Polysynaptic

A

More complicated includes includes Interneurons

50
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Reciprocal inhibition

A

Action Potential in one inhibits the other

51
Q

The Babinski Reflex

A

Normal in an infant but indicates CNS damage in adults

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