Unit 4 Lecture 30 Flashcards

1
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How do nerves enter and exit the spinal cord?

A

In segments

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2
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Label the spinal nerves

A

Cervical nerves - 8

Thoratic nerves - 12

Lumbar nerves - 5

Sacral nerves - 5

Coccygeal nerves - 1

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3
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What is an enlargement in the spinal cord?

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Thick parts of the spinal cord where there’s a lot of nerves

  • the extra nerves are supplying limbs
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4
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What are the 3 main enlargements of the spinal cord?

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  • Cervical enlargement
  • Lumbar enlargement
  • Cauda Equina
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5
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Where is the cervical enlargement?

A

C4-T1

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6
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What do the nerves at the cervical enlargement supply?

A

Shoulder girdle and upper limbs

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7
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Where is the lumbar enlargement?

A

T9-T12

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8
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What do the nerves at the lumbar enlargement supply?

A

Pelvis and lower limbs

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9
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Where is the Cauda Equina?

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The long nerves at the end of the spinal cord (horse tail)

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10
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What do the nerves in the cauda equina PROBABLY supply?

A

bladder, lower limbs, pelvis

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11
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What are plexus?

A

A bundle of nerves

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12
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Where is the cervical plexus?

A

C1-C5

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13
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Where is the Brachial plexus?

A

C5-T1

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14
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Where is the lumbar plexus?

A

L1-L4

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15
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Where is the sacral plexus?

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L4-S4

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16
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How does a spinal tap work?

A

Spinal cord proper ends at L2 and the dura/arachnoid layers end at S2…… this makes a cavity to withdraw CSF

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17
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What are the spinal meninges?

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Pia mater, arachnoid layer, and dura mater

18
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What is found between the dura mater and arachnoid later?

A

Subdural space

19
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What is found between the arachnoid layer and pia mater?

A

Subarachnoid space

20
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What is found in the subarachnoid space?

21
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What makes up the grey matter of the spinal cord?

A
  • central canal
  • posterior horns
  • anterior horns
  • lateral horns
  • Gray commisure
22
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What is the central canal?

A

small opening in the center of SC, contains CSF

23
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What are the posterior horns?

A

cell bodies of somatic and visceral (autonomic) sensory neurons

24
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What are the anterior horns?

A

cell bodies of somatic motor neurons

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What are the lateral horns?
cell bodies of autonomic (visceral) motor neurons - only in thoracic, lumbar and sacral regions of spinal cord
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Function of the gray commissure?
Connects posterior horns
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What makes up the white matter in the spinal cord?
- Anterior white commissure - Posterior columns - Lateral Columns - Anterior Columns
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Function of the anterior white commissure?
connects the white matter on the left and right side of SC
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What is the posterior column?
sensory tract (ascending)
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What is the lateral column?
motor and sensory tract
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What is the anterior column?
motor tract (descending)
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What do sensory nerves do?
PNS -> CNS (ascend) - afferent neurons
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What do motor neurons do?
CNS -> PNS (descend) - efferent neurons
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What does somatic mean?
voluntary
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What does autonomic (or visceral) mean?
involuntary
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What makes up the input and output of the spinal cord?
- Dorsal (posterior) root of spinal nerve - dorsal root ganglion - ventral (anterior) root - spinal nerves
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Purpose of dorsal root of spinal nerve
Carries sensory (afferent) information into CNS
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What is the dorsal root ganglion
cluster of sensory cell bodies in PNS
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Purpose of the ventral root
Carries motor (efferent) neurons info PNS from anterior part of SC
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Purpose of the spinal nerves
location of sensory and motor nerves.. pt where they all come together
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Are sensory tracts ascending or descending?
Ascending
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Are motor tracts ascending or descending?
Descending