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| The CNS develops from this in the embryo |
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| It runs from the foramen magnum to the sacral hiatus |
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| The vertebral canal is a longitudinal space that runs from where to where? |
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The spinal cord usually extends to the L1-2 vertebra
(Note: the syllabus notes are incorrect. They say L12) |
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| Where does the spinal cord end? |
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| What is the name of the end of the spinal cord? |
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| The cervical and the lumbar enlargements |
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| What are the two spinal cord enlargements? |
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| How many pairs of spinal nerves exist in a normal adult? |
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| Are posterior-lateral rootlets sensory, motor, or both? |
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| Motor (hint: Anterior = Away) |
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| Are anterior lateral rootlets sensory, motor, or both? |
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| The rootlets of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal vertebrae create what at the end of the spinal cord? |
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| Are EFFERENT nerves sensory or motor? |
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| Are AFFERENT nerves sensory or motor? |
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Visceral = two neurons;
The first cell body is found in the CNS. It then synapses onto a second, whose cell body lies in the dorsal root ganglion |
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| In the visceral (AKA involuntary) nervous system, how many neurons exist and where does/do the cell body/bodies lie? |
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Somatic = one neuron;
The cell body found is found in the anterior horn of the spinal cord |
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| In the somatic (AKA voluntary) nervous system, how many neurons exist and where does/do the cell body/bodies lie? |
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| Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) |
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| The liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord is called what? |
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| Dura mater, arachnoid membrane, and pia mater |
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| Name the three types of meninges |
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| What is the name of the potential space between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane? |
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| Where does the dural sac end? |
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| What is the name of the spiderlike extensions from the arachnoid membrane? |
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| What is the name of the space that contains the CSF? |
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| What is the name of the extension of the pia mater below the spinal cord? |
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| The filum terminale and the caudal extension of arachnoid |
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| The coccygeal ligament (below S2) is composed of what two parts? |
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| The denticulate ligaments are made of what type of meninge? |
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| "Rostral" is another name for what anatomical direction? |
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Vertebral arteries;
Unpaired anterior spinal arteries and the paired posterior spinal arteries are both branches of the vertebral arteries |
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| The rostral spinal cord is supplied with blood by what arteries? |
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| Either paired or unpaired segmental spinal arteries |
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| The caudal spinal cord is supplied by what arteries? |
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| The posterior and anterior roots |
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| Each spinal nerve is connected to the spinal cord by what two things? |
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| What is the name of the area that gives rise to the posterior and anterior rootlets? |
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| General somatic afferents |
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| Dendrites are also called what? |
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| What is the sense of determining joint position and movement? |
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| Intrinsic back muscles (deep back muscles) and skin on the back of the axial skeleton (head, back, and upper gluteal region) |
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| The posterior rami innervates what? |
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Most voluntary muscles of the limbs and trunk;
Everything but the intrinsic muscles of the back, the skin of the axial skeleton, and certain regions of the head. |
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| The anterior rami innervates what? |
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| All major somatic plexuses are formed by what? |
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An area of the skin that is supplied by a single spinal cord level;
They can be used to localize lesions to a specific spinal nerve or level in the spinal cord. |
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| A portion of skeletal muscle innervated by a single spinal cord level |
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| What type of ganglion is a dorsal root ganglion? |
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| Is the anterior/ventral root pure motor, pure sensory, or both? |
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| Is the posterior/dorsal root pure motor, pure sensory, or both? |
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| Are the spinal nerves pure motor, pure sensory, or both? |
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| Is the dorsal primary ramus pure motor, pure sensory, or both? |
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| Is the ventral primary ramus pure motor, pure sensory, or both? |
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