Spinal Cord & Meninges Flashcards
Where is the spinal cord?
Verterbral canal
Longer, full length
Infant spinal cord
Shorter, ends at L1/L2
Adult spinal cord
What is below L1-L2
Cauda equina
C5-T1
Cervical enlargement
L1-S3
Lumbar enlargement
T12
Conar medularia
Pia mater coming down fro the sonar medularis, ligamentive structure.
Film Terminale
deep midline groove of the anterior/ventral spinal cord
Anterior median fissure
posterior end of the posterior median septum of neuroglia of the spinal cord
Poster median sulcus
Indentation where root come in
Posteiorlateral sulcus
Mylenated, synapse occurs faster
White matter
Unmylenated
Grey
Canal filled with cerebral spinal fluid
Central Canal
8 nerves, 7 vertebrae
Cervical
12 nerves
thoracic
5 Nerves, 5 vertebrae
Lumbar
5 Nerves, 5 fused vertebrae
Sacral
1 nerve, 4 coccyx
Coccyx
Synapse at root ganglion
Motor
Outer, tough, closest
dura Mater
Intermediate layer of spinal cord
Arachnoid matter
Inner most
Pia mater
Outside of dura mater
epidural
Between dura and arachnoid
Subdural space
Under arachnoid matter, contains spinal fluid
Subarachnoid space
1 artery
Anterior spinal artery
2 arteries
Posterior spinal artery
Feed into each level and contribute to blood supply
Segmental arteries
Meshowrkd of veins in the extradural fat
Internal Vertebral plexus