The Bervous System Part 4 Flashcards

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Spinal tracts

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Columns of white matter form the putter portion of the spinal cord and bundles of myelinated fibers that make up the white columns

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Meninges

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Touch fluid containing membrane the surrounds the brain and spinal cord.

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3
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Three layers of the spinal meninges

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Dura matter, pia matter, arachnoid matter

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4
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Dura matter

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Tough outer meninges later that lines the vertebral canal

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5
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Pia matter

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Meninges innermost membrane covering the spinal cord itself

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Arachnoid membrane

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Between the dura and pia matter. Resembles a weblike structure with fluid in its spaces.

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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Fluid that fills that subarachnoid spaces between the pia matter and arachnoid in the brain and spinal cord

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8
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Choroid plexus

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Network of brain capillaries that filters CSF

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Hydrocephalus

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Water on the brain

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