Vocabulary Quiz 7

Question 1

The middle of the three meninges (coverings) of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 1

Arachnoid

Question 2

Group of white matter tracts in the spinal cord

Answer 2

Columns

Question 3

The cord is severed from one side to the other, thus cutting all sensory and motor tracts. It results in a loss of all sensations and voluntary movement below the level of transection

Answer 3

Complete Transaction

Question 4

Inferior to the lumbar enlargement, the spinal cord terminates as a tapering, conical structure called the _____, which ends at the level of the intervertebral disc between the first and second lumbar vertebrae in adults

Answer 4

Cornus Medullaris

Question 5

The cutaneous area developed from one embryonic spinal cord segment and receiving most of its sensory innervation from one spinal nerve. An instrument for incising the skin or cutting thin transplants of skin

Answer 5

Dermatome

Question 6

The outermost of the three meninges (coverings) of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 6

Dura Mater

Question 7

A space between the spinal dura matter and the vertebral canal, containing areolar connective tissue and a plexus of veins

Answer 7

Epidural Space

Question 8

Nonnervous fibrous tissue of the spinal cord that extends inferiorly from the conus medullaris to the coccyx

Answer 8

Filum Terminale

Question 9

A group of neuronal cell bodies lying outside the central nervous system

Answer 9

Ganglion

Question 10

Areas in the central nervous system and ganglia containing neuronal cell bodies, dendrites, unmyelinated acons, axon terminals, and neuroglia; Nissl bodies impart a gray color and there is little or no myelin in gray matter

Answer 10

Grey Matter

Question 11

A partial transection of the cord on either the right of left side

Answer 11

Hemisection

Question 12

An area of gray matter (anterior, lateral, or posterior) in the spinal cord

Answer 12

Horns

Question 13

Inflammation of the meninges due to an infection, usually caused by a bacterium or virus

Answer 13

Meningitis

Question 14

Paralysis of one limb only

Answer 14

Monoplegia

Question 15

A plexus formed by nerves interlaced with numerous communicating branches

Answer 15

Nerve Plexus

Question 16

Cells of the nervous system that perform various supportive functions. The neuroglia of the central nervous system are the astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, and ependymal cells; neuroglia of the peripheral nervous system include Schwann cells and satellite cells. Also called glia

Answer 16

Neuroglia

Question 17

Paralysis of both lower limbs

Answer 17

Paraplegia

Question 18

The inntermost of the three meninges (coverings) of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 18

Pia Mater

Question 19

Polio is another word for this. Caused by a virus called poliovirus

Answer 19

Poliomyelitis

Question 20

Paralysis of four limbs: two upper and two lower

Answer 20

Quadriplegia

Question 21

A space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater that surrounds the brain and spinal cord and through which cerebrospinal fluid circulates

Answer 21

Subarachnoid Space

Question 22

Aggregations or bundles of myelinated and unmyelinated axons located in the brain and spinal cord

Answer 22

White Matter