Spinal cord and spinal nerves Flashcards

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What makes up a spinal nerve

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Axon
Myelin sheath
Endoneurium
Fascicle 
Perineurium 
Epineurium
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Grey matter and white matter

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Grey matter is the butterfly shape in the middle and white matter is the rest of the spinal cord

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Anterior and posterior root

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Posterior root is thicker and has a kind of swelling differentiating it from the anterior root

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4
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Sensory pathways

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Ascending pathway

first, second and/or third order neurons

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5
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Motor pathways

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Descending pathway
Upper and lower motor neurons
Pyramidal and extrapyramidal tracts

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Reflexes

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a fast, involuntary, predictable sequence of events that occur in response to a particular stimulus

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5 parts of a reflex

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  1. Sensory receptor
  2. Sensory neuron
  3. Integrating center
  4. motor neuron
  5. effector
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