Question | Answer |
The spinal cord is a column of _____ tissue extending from the medulla oblongata to the _____ _____ vertebra, within the vertebral _____. | Nervous, second lumbar, column. |
From horse's tail, in Latin: | Cauda equina. |
A fan of nerve fibers below the spinal cord: | Cauda equina. |
The spinal cord carries all the nerves to and from the _____ and _____ part of the body. | Limbs, lower. |
The pathway for impulses to and from the brain: | Spinal cord. |
Inner region of spinal cord is _____ matter. | Gray. |
The gray matter in the spinal cord contains _____ _____ and _____. | Cell bodies, dendrites. |
The outer region of the spinal cord is the _____ matter. | White. |
The white matter in the spinal cord contains _____ _____ with _____ _____. | Nerve fibers, myelin sheaths. |
The spinal cord conducts _____ to and from the brain: | (Nerve) Impulses. |
The CSF travels through the _____ _____ in the spinal cord. | Central canal. |
Three layers of connective tissue: | Dura mater, arachnoid membrane, and pia mater. |
The two spaces in the meninges: | Subdural space, subarachnoid space. |
Outermost meninges: | Dura mater. |
Thick, tough, outermost membrane of the brain & spinal cord; contains channels, which contain blood: | Dura mater. |
Channels between the dural mater and arachnoid membrane, carries blood: | Dural sinuses. |
Middle meninges | Arachnoid membrane. |
The arachnoid (middle) membrane of the meninges is attached to the other two by _____-_____ _____. | Web-like fibers. |
Arachnoid means: | Spider-like. Names the middle meninges because of the web-like fibers. |
What structure allows CSF to travel within the meninges? | Arachnoid membrane (web-like fibers). |
The CSF in the brain is in the _____ _____. | Subarachnoid space. |
The innermost layer of the meninges is the _____ _____. | Pia mater. |
Pia in Latin means: | Delicate. |
The meninges that is composed of connective tissue is the _____ _____. | Pia mater. |
The connective tissue of the pia mater has a rich supply of _____ _____. | Blood vessels. |
The pia and arachnoid membranes are referred to together as the: | Pia-arachnoid. |