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Spinal Cord, Nerves, ANS Flashcards

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Conus medullaris

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Terminal Portion of Spinal Cord

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Cauda Equina

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Location=Lumbar Cistern (subarachnoid space)

  • Includes conus medullaris and filum terminale
  • Dorsal and Ventral Rootlets located with the subarachnoid space are directed towards the intervertebral column
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Dura Mater

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Tough mother…epidural space

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Arachnoid Mater

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Subarachnoid space

-lumbar cistern

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Pia Mater

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Denticulate Ligaments (anchor cord)
Filum Terminale -extends down from conus and give longitudinal support
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Rootlets

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within subarachnoid space directed toward intervertebral foramen

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Dorsal Root

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Sensory neurons

-has ganglion outside spinal cord (Dorsal root ganglion-in the intervertebral foramen)

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Ventral Root

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Motor neurons contained in connective tissue sheath

-cell bodys in ventral horn of spinal cord

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Endoneurium

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Inner most connective tissue covering mixed nerves
Cover Nerve Fiber and enclose myelin
-Fluid here indicates injury in part of periphery

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Perineurium

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Enclose a fasicle (bundle of fibers)

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Epineurium

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Surround Multiple Fascicles and blood vessels

-dura and arachnoid sleeve invaginate

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Vasa Nervorum

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Small arteries that supply blood to peripheral nerves …interior nerves and their coverings

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Dorsal Primary Ramus

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Synovial joints of vertebral column
Deep muscles of back
Overlying skin of back

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Ventral Primary Ramus

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Remaining areas of trunk, upper and lower limbs

Form Plexus

  • Cervicle Plexus (C1-C5)
  • Brachial Plexus (C5-T2)
  • INtercostal Nerves (T1-T11)
  • Lumbar Plexus (T12-L4)
  • Sacral Plexus (L4-S5)
  • Coccygeal Nerve (Co)
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General Sensory (General Somatic Afferent)

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Transmits pain, temp, touch, pressue and proprioception to spinal cord

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Somatic Motor (General Somatic Efferent)

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Tranmits impulses from spinal cord to skeletal muscle

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Visceral Sensory (General Visceral Afferent)

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Transmit reflex pain from viscera, glands, mucous membranes and blood vessels to spinal cord

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Visceral Motor (General Visceral Efferent)

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Transmit impulses from CNS to smooth muscle and glandular tissue (ANS)

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Sympethetic Division of ANS-Presynaptic

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Fight or Flight=Norepinephrine

LATERAL HORN=Cell bodies = presynaptic (preganglionic) neurons located INTEROMEDIOLATERAL CELL COLUMN of the spinal cord T1-L2/3

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Sympethetic Division-Postsynaptic (paravertebral)

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Paravertebral ganglion
-Sympathetic trunk (chain)= extend from C1 where the right and left chains join at the ganglion impar at sacrococcygeal vertebral junction

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Sympethetic Division-Postsynaptic (prevertebral)

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Surround origins of the main branches of the abdominal aorta

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White Rami Communicans

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Connection of sympathetic trunk to spinal nerve

  • Myleninated presynaptic axons
  • T1-L2
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Gray Rami Communicans

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Connection of sympathetic trunk to spinal nerve

  • unmyelinated postsynaptic axons
  • Thoughout sympathetic chain
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Courses of Presynaptic Sympathetic Fibers

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Enter spinal nerve via VENTRAL ROOT

  • Enter sympathetic trunk via WHITE RAMI Communican
  • Can choose to synapse immediately
  • Can choose to ascend or descend the sympathetic trunk w/o synapsing….splanchnic nerve to prevertebral ganglion
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Course of Postsynaptic Sympathetic Fibers

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Run through GRAY MATTER Communicans

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Postsynaptic fibers of Head

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-Head: follow branches of the carotid artery

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Postsynaptic fibers of Gut

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-Splanchnic Nerves follow branches of abdominal aorta

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Postsynaptic Fibers-Visceral Afferent Neurons

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Run with the sympathetic division of ANS in a dermatomal pattern

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Head and Neck

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T1-T4 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Heart and Lungs

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T1-T7 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Upper Extremity

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T5-T7 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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GI System

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T2(esophagus) -L2 (rectum) (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Liver and Gall Bladder

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T6-T9 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Pancreas and Splean

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T5-T11 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Urinary System

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T10-L2 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Testes/Ovaries

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T10-T11 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Uterus and Cervix

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T10-L2 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Prostate

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L1-L2 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Lower Extremities

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T10-L2 (Visceral Afferent-Symp)

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Parasympathetic (CranioSacral)

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Rest and Digest=Acetylcholine

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Parasympathetic-Presynaptic

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Cell Bodies=

  • CN III, VII, IX, X (salivate, and see food)
  • Sacral Segments 2-4
42
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Parasympathetic-Postsynaptic

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Within the wall of the organ it innervates

43
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Shoulder

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C3/4 Dermatome

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Thumb

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C6 dermatome

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Armpit

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T1/2 dermatome

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Nipple

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T4 (always) dermatome

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Inguinal

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L1 dermatome

48
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Big toe

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L4 dermatome

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