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Springomyelia is a spinal cord syndrome that is due to a cyst in the central portion of the spinal cord. It causes? |
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| loss of pain/temp at or just below cavity due to compression of anterior white commissure and is restricted to region of lesion. |
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| What is a hereditary condition with degeneration of specific regions of spinal cord white matter? |
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| Friedrich's ataxia: Clarke's nucleus and spinocerebellar tracts, dorsal columns (touch, pressure, proprioception), corticospinal tracts (motor) |
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| Subacute combined degeneration is a condition leading to bilateral spastic paralysis and bilateral loss of proprioception and discriminative touch. It is commonly seen in this deficiency? |
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| This condition affects both UMN and LMN and results in flaccid paralysis at the level of lesion and spastic paralysis below the level of lesion |
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| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease) |
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| This condition is a manifestation of neurosyphilis and results in the destruction of large diameter dorsal root fibers and cell bodies in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in lumbrosacral regions |
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| Tabes Dorsalis- results in sensory loss, tabetic gait, and incontinence |
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| pseudounipolar nerves are |
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| the dorsal root is absent in |
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| the first cervical and first coccygeal vertebrae (?) |
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| Which vertebrae comprise the cervical and lumbar enlargements? |
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| Lumbar puncture in adults is safe where? |
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| below L3, the spinal cord ends at L1 (conus medullaris) |
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| The spinal cord in the thoracic region contains |
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| the lateral cell column or intermediate cell column, responsible for the nuclei of the autonomic nervous system |
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| Nuclei of the parasympathetic nervous system are located in? |
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| The substantia gelatinosa is located in which Rexed's lamina? |
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| Substantia gelatinosa and Fasiculus gracilus is located at? |
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| The lateral corticospinal tract transmits signals of |
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| voluntary movements of the extremities and axons cross at the medulla |
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| Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome results in |
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| loss of pain, temp sensation, motor ability below the occlusion but position and vibratory sensation are sparred. can happen as a result of syringomyelia. |
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| Clarke's column/Clarke's nucleus sends: |
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| sends unconscious proprioception to cerebellum |
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| The spinothalamic tract transmits information about |
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| pain, temperature, itch. Its pathway decussates either immediately or two levels up/down. |
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| The fasiculus cuneatus is present |
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| anterior corticospinal tract is responsible for |
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| voluntary movement of trunk |
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