The vertebral column 2 Clinical anatomy Spinal canal

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Question 3

Blood Supply of the Spine – Venous Plexi ?

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Blood Supply of the Spine - Arteries ?

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What’s the spinal canal Meninges ?

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The… is the outer Meninges layer

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Dura Mater

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The….(meninges layer) is Fused partially to the periosteum of the skull bones

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Dura Mater

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The….(meninges layer) is Separated from spinal canal walls by the epidural fat and vessel layer

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Dura Mater

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The….(meninges layer) is drawn out with the spinal nerves via the intervertebral foramina

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Dura Mater

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What’s that thin green layer ?

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subdural space :
-Small, capillary space between dura and arachnoid mater

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…. Is the middle meninges layer

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Arachnoid Mater

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The….(meninges layer) Sends web-like processes towards the pia mater and attaches to it

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Arachnoid Mater

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Space between arachnoid and pia mater is called…… and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid

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subarachnoid space

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….is the innermost meninges layer

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Pia Mater

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The….(meninges layer) is a delicate, thin membrane, difficult to dissect off the spinal cord

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Pia Mater

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The… is a highly vascularised meninges layer

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Pia Mater

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The…..(meninges layer) Attaches to the Dura mater (piercing the arachnoid mater) via denticulate ligaments

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Pia Mater

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Where is the Cerebrospinal Fluid produced ?

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Produced in the choroid plexi of the lateral ventricles of the cerebrum

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How does the Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulate around the cerebellum and the spinal cord ?

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Circulates via 3 rdand 4t ventricle and the lateral apertures of the 4th ventricle around the cerebrum and cerebellum and the spinal cord

Question 21

The spinal cord and the verterbal column stop expanding at the same pace around the….. foetal month

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9th

Question 22

How does Increased growth rates of the vertebral column affect the termination of the spinal cord ?

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result in the spinal cord ending in the “conus medullaris” at the level of L1 in adults

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Question 25

…. Is an extended strand of pia mater , which emerges through the arachnoid mater and attaches to the sacrum

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Filum Terminale

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Question 27

clinical relevance of termination of the spinal cord at level L1 ?

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Question 28

Epidural Analgesia ?

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