Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves Flashcards
spinal cord begins…
medulla
pia mater continues as …
filum terminale internus
median sulcus at midline is ….
posterior/dorsal
where do the dorsal roots enter the spinal cord?
posterolateral sulcus
Where do the ventral roots exit the spinal cord?
anterolateral sulcus
dorsal and ventral roots fuse laterally to become that segment’s … which pass in/out between adjacent vertebrae.
spinal nerve
White matter has …nerve fibers.
myelinated
gray matter has …nerve fibers. It is the neuron ….
unmyelinated; cell bodies
white matter contains 3 columns…
- dorsal
- lateral
- ventral
gray matter has 2 main horns and 1 horn that is only present in certain areas.
- dorsal horn
- ventral horn
- lateral horns
Where are lateral horns not present?
cervical and L4/L5
lateral horns have …motor neurons at …-…. (sympathetic) and ….(parasympathetic).
autonomic, T1-L2 and S2,3,4
how many cervical nerves?
8
how many thoracic nerve segments?
13
how many lumbar nerve segments?
5
how many sacral nerve segments?
5
how many coccygeal segments?
1
how many pairs of spinal cord segments and spinal nerves?
31
cervical nerves run ….their vertebra and thoracic, lumbar, sacral nerves run ….their vertebra
above, under
dorsal roots contain ….fibers from primary sensory neurons.
afferent (sensory)
dorsal root ganglia contain … neuron cell body; which systems?
primary; somatic and autonomic
ventral roots contain mainly …fibers including…
efferent (motor); somatic and autonomic
dorsal primary ramus
toward back
ventral primary ramus
toward belly
4 plexuses
cervical (C1-C4); Brachial (C5-T1); lumbar (L1-L4); sacral (L4-S4)
no …dermatome.
C1
C5 dermatome
clavicle
T4 dermatome
nipple