SPINAL CORD INJURY

Question 0

What is the butterfly in the spinal cord? And what is outside the butterfly called?

Answer 0

Butterfly-> grey matter (dorsal and ventral horns, containing neuron cell bodies)
Surrounding -> white matter tracts

Question 1

What level does the spinal cord end?

Answer 1

First/second lumbar vertical body.

Question 2

Dorsal horn sensory information for what’s

Answer 2

Proprioception
Light tough
Vibration

Question 3

What are the white matter tracts?

Answer 3

Dorsal/posterior column tracts
- sensory for joint position/vibration

Ant/lat spinothalamic

• pain
• temp
• touch

Corticospinal
- upper motor neurons