Spinal Cord and Meninges

Question 1

area of cell bodes within the CNS

Answer 1

gray matter

Question 2

an area of axons or fibers within the CNS

Answer 2

white matter

Question 3

arising from the dorsal surface of the spinal cord, contains ______ neurons only

Answer 3

dorsal root, sensory

Question 4

an enlarged portion of the dorsal root, contains cell bodies of sensory neurons

Answer 4

dorsal root ganglion

Question 5

arising from the ventral surface of the spinal cord, contains ____ neurons only

Answer 5

ventral root, motor

Question 6

the ventral root joins with the dorsal root to make the ______

Answer 6

spinal nerve

Question 7

the spinal nerve divides into a larger ____________ which supplies the entire ______ trunk as well as the appendages

Answer 7

ventral ramus, anterior

Question 8

the __________ supplies all the structures of the back

Answer 8

dorsal ramus

Question 9

three meninges that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord:

Answer 9

dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater

Question 10

outermost meninx, composed of _________________, surrounds the brain, extends through the ______, and courses inferiorly to the _______ in the vertebral canal

Answer 10

dura mater, dense fibrous connective tissue

foramen magnum, coccyx

Question 11

the space external to the dura mater is termed the ________ space
contains adipose tissue in the form of globules of _____
in adition to this, this space contains _______

Answer 11

epidural
fat
batson’s veins

Question 12

the middle meninx, delicate, loose, netlike membrane that surrounds the brain
separated from the pia mater by ____________, which is the space containing the ___________

Answer 12

arachnoid mater
subarachnoid space
CSF

Question 13

innermost layer of the 3 meninges, very delicate connective tissue that adheres to the surface of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 13

pia mater