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Test 4 Lombrana Notes
brain quest (3)
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
11/23/2009

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two main functions of spinal cord
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information integration, nerve impulse propagation "highways'
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what is white matter made of?
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dozens of major sensory and motor tracts
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_____ pathway for sensory input
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ascending tracts
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white tracts are white because?
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because they are myelinated
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name the different sets of columns (
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2 posterior, 2lateral, and 2 anterior white columns
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what does gray matter do?
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processes reflexes in the integration center
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5 parts of a reflex
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sensory neuron, sensory receptor, integrating center, motor neuron, effector
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what makes gray matter gray
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nissel bodies, dendrites, unmylenated bodies
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2 types of connective tissue that protect spinal cord
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vertebrae and meninges
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3 meninges
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dura, pia, arachnoid
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roll or function of csf
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protect, cushion spinal cord
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what forms the vertebral canal
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vertebral foramina
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what do you call the meninges of the brain
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cranial meninges
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two types of meninges
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cranial and spinal
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____ surrounds the spinal cord
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spinal meninges
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the subdural space contains what fluid
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interstitial fluid
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the arachnoid space contains what fluid
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csf
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