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Second lecture exam CNS - general

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Cranially, the central canal is continuous with the ___ and ___. Inferiorly, it expands to the ___.   1. MO 2. 4th ventricle 3. Terminal ventricle  
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Lateral cornu function? Where is the lateral horn present?   1. Autonomic motor cornu 2. T1-L2 (T1-T12 has a lateral horn)  
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How much does the spinal cord weigh?   27-35 grams 2% of total CNS wieght  
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The spinal cord is how long?   40-45 cms  
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Max diameter of the spinal cord? WHere? Ocuupies __ % of vertebral canal?   1. 1.3 cm 2 C5-C6 3. 75%  
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Pontine nuclei accept input from the ___ and relay it to the cerebellum via ___.   1. Cerebral cortex 2. Middle cerebellar nuclei  
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NCAMs   Nerve Cell Adhesion Molecules  
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Which lamina has the important pain reception area calle substantia gelatinosa?   Rexed lamina 2  
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Dorsal Cornu function   Sensory... afferent  
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Function of ventral cornu   Motor... efferent  
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Which lamina house the nuclei proprius?   3 + 4  
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Superior and inferior boudries of the spinal cord?   Superior: superior most ventral rootlet of C1 spinal nerveInferior: Disc between L1 and L2  
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Dorsal roots contain ___ fibers?   Sensory : afferent  
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Ventral rootlets contain ___ fibers?   Motor : efferent  
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Where does C1 exit from?   Occiput and C1  
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Where does C4 exit from?   C3 and C4  
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Where does C8 exit from?   C7 and T1  
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Where do S1-S4 nerves exit from?   Dorsal and ventral sacral foramina  
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Where does S5 exit from?   Sacral hiatus  
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Where does CO1 exit from?   Sacral hiatus  
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What exits from the sacral hiatus?   The nerves from S5 and CO1  
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The spinal cord ends between which 2 vertebrae? What is the tapering end of the cord called?   1. Between L1 and L2 2. Cornus medualris  
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Tiny channel down the center of the spinal cord?   Central canal  
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Longitudinal bundle of white mater that can be anatomically observed   Funiculli  
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Dense concentration of neuron cell bodies   Grey mater  
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Anatomist who discovered 10 lamina on gray mater?   Rexed  
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Lamina 1   Thin cap over dorsal horn  
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Lamina 5   Formatio reticularis.. only in cervicals!!  
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Lamina responsible for skeletal muscle movement?   9  
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Where do alpha motor neurons synapse?   Rexed lamina 9  
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Lamina that surrounds centeral canal?   10  
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Dense concentraion of neuron fiber axons?   White mater  
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Bundles of functionaly related axons with a funiculus?   Tract, fasiculi  
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Many descending tracts synapse in this lamina, an intermediate area?   7  
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Lamina on medial aspect of ventral horn?   8  
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Law that states that ventral roots contain motor fibers and dorsal roots contain sensory fibers?   Bell-Magendie Law  
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Lamina 2   Pain reception : substantia gelintanosa  
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Lamina 3 and 4   Nuclei proprius  
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2 nuclei that are found in lamina 7   Nucleus dorsalis = Clark's column and intermediolateral nuclei in lateral horn  
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