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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
11/20/2009

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the function of the filum terminale
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anchors the spinal cord to the coccyx
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'matching' cauda eequina
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horses' tail ( roots of spinal nerves that arise
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_______  connect the cns to the sensory receptor
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spinal nerves
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t or f... spinal nerves are part of the CNS
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 False they are part of the PNS(they connect to the CNS)
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bundles of axons that connect ea spinal nerve to spinal cord are the ______
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roots, posterior and anterior
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what kind of axons do posterior or dorsal roots contain
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sensory
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posterior/anterior, roots conduct impulses from pns to cns
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posterior
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what does the posterior (dorsal) root ganglion root contain
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the cell bodies of sensory neurons
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what kind of axons do anterior roots contain
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 motor neurons
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________ conduct impulses from the CNS to effector organs cells
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anterior roots
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______ of spinal cord recieves and integrates incoming and outgoing information
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gray matter
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_____ are also called association neurons
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interneurons (or association neurons)
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what kind of neurons help with integration of info in CNS and allow initiation of motor responses
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interneurons
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____ forms the crossbar of the H
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gray commissure
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_____ clusters of the cell bodies in gray matter of the brain and spinal cord
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nuclei
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____ grat horns contain cell bodies of somatic motor neurons going to skeletal muscle
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anterior gray horns
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