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| bony tube formed by stacked vertebral foramina |
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| part of CNS from foramen magnum to level of ~L2 |
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| membranes of the spinal cord (dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater) |
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| widening of spinal cord between C4 and T1; provides nerves to the upper limbs |
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| widening of spinal cord between L2 and S3; provides nerves to the lower limbs |
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| breakdown of spinal nerves |
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8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccygeal
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31 total |
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two broad plates extending dorsally and medially from the pedicles; fuse to form the "roof" of the vertebral column |
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| ligamenta flava (sing ligamentum flavum) |
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ligaments which connect the laminae of adjacent vertebrae |
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| vertebral venous plexuses |
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| valveless veins that permit flow based on blood pressure; can serve as routes for metastasis; lie between dura mater and vertebrae |
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| end of the spinal cord; in adults located between L1 and L2 |
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internum: extension of pia mater to S2, encircled by dural sac
externum: continues extension of pia mater from S2 until attaching to coccyx, anchoring spinal cord |
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| membranous sac of dura mater that envelopes the spinal cord and ends at S2 |
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| collection of ventral and dorsal roots extending past the cona medullaris |
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| space in between arachnoid mater and pia mater, contains CSF |
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| laternal extensions of pia mater that attach to dura mater |
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| performed inferiorially to cona medullaris to alleviate risk of puncturing spinal cord |
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| also "spinal ganglia"; nodule medial to spinal nerve the contains the cell bodies of the dorsal, sensory, afferent nerves |
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| posterior cervical triangle |
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| triangle w/ boundaries: post. border of SCM muscle, ant. border of trap, middle 1/3 clavicle |
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| houses the internal jugular vein, vagus nerve (CN X), and carotid artery |
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| located in superficial fascia of the neck; innervated by facial cranial nerve (CN VII); covers SCM muscle |
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| nerves of the posterior cervical triangle |
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Transverse Cervical
Greater Auricular
Lesser Occipital
Accessory
Supraclavicular |
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O: scapular spine, acromion, lat. 1/3 of clavicle I: deltoid tuberosity of humerus
A: adducts humerus
N: axillary nerve |
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O: supraspinous fossa I: greater tuberosity of humerus
N: suprascapular nerve
A: abduction, stabilization |
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O: infraspinous fossa I: middle facet of greater tubercle of humerus
N: suprascapular nerve
A: lateral rotation, stabilization |
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O: lateral border of scapula I: inferior facet- greater tubercle of humerus
A: lat. rotation of humerus
N: axillary nerve |
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O: inferior angle of scapula I: medial lip of intertubercular sulcus of humerus
A: adducts, med. rotates humerus
N: lower subscapular C6-7 |
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O: subscapular fossa I:lesser tubercle of humerus
N: upper subscapular, lower subscapular nerve C5-6
A: stabilizes shoulder, medially rotates humerus |
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| anatomical reference point through which the axillary nerve/post. circumflex humeral artery comes; borders: inf border of teres minor, surgical neck of humerus, long head of triceps brachii, sup border of teres major |
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branch of brachial plexus; passes through quadrangular space along w/ post. humeral circumflex artery
innervates 3 muscles: deltoid, teres minor, triceps brachii |
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cranial nerve XI, also "spinal accessory nerve"
motor innervation to sternocleidomastoid muscle, trapezius |
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| deep to supraspinatus; passes over the superior transverse scapular ligament; blood supply to infra-/supraspinatus; originates from thyrocervical trunk |
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| deep to deep to supraspinatus; passes under the superior transverse scapular ligament; innervates infra-/supraspinatus; originates from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus |
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| superior transverse scapular ligament |
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| ligament over scapular notch |
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| supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis |
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