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Overview and development of the back 10/1/12

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What are the regions of the developing spinal cord?   neuroepithelial, mantle, marginal  
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What does the neuroepithelial zone develop into?   all spinal neurons and some support cells  
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What does the mantle develop into?   Neuroblast cells - alar and basal plates  
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What does the marginal zone develop into?   White matter - anterior  
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Where are sensory cell bodies located?   alar plates --> posterior horn  
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Where are motor cell bodies located?   basal plates --> anterior horn  
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Where is the intermediate horn located?   between the anterior and posterior horn (sympathetic cells) (ANS)  
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Roots develop from __________.   axons  
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What does the alar plate contain?   posterior horn - sensory neurons  
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What does the basal plate contain?   Anterior horn - motor neurons  
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What does the intermediate horn contain?   Sympathetic cells (ANS)  
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Where are spinal ganglia cells derived from?   Neural crest  
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What do spinal ganglia contain?   sensory root axons to dorsal horn  
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What do anterior horn cells contain?   Motor root axons to myotome  
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What does a dermatome innervate?   Skin  
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What does a myotome innervate?   Skeletal muscle  
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What does a sclerotome innervate?   Connective tissue  
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What is the C3 dermatome landmark?   Neck  
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What is the T4 dermatome landmark?   Nipple  
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What is the T10 dermatome landmark?   Umbilicus  
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What is the L1 dermatome landmark?   inguinal line  
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What is the C8 dermatome landmark?   5th digit of the hand  
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What is the C6 dermatome landmark?   Pollex  
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What is the L4 dermatome landmark?   Knee  
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What is the L5 dermatome landmark?   Anterior ankle and foot  
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What is the S2 dermatome landmark?   Posterior lower limb  
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Where do the nerves that go through the anterior ramus go?   Hypomere  
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What does the hypomere consist of?   Skin everywhere but midline of back, and hypaxial (extrinsic) muscles  
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Where do the nerves that go through the posterior root go?   Epimere  
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What does the epimere consist of?   skin along the midline of back (to costal angle) and to epaxial (intrinsic) back muscles  
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How does development of the sclerotome occur?   Resegmentation to allow for gap for axon.  
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How many sclerotome segments is each vertebrae made of?    
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What does sclerotomal mesenchyme surround, and what does it become?   neural tube and notochord. Becomes vertebrae and ribs  
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What does the mesenchyme condense into?   Cartilage --> bone  
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What is the last part of the vertebrae to form?   spinous process  
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What happens when the spinous process doesn't form?   Spina bifida  
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What is the spina bifida characterized by incomplete formation with usually no adverse effects? Hairs will form over location.   Spina bifida occulta  
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What is the spina bifida characterized by the development of herniation without spinal cord displacement?   Meningocele  
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What is the spina bifida where the spinal cord herniates into subarachnoid space?   Meningomyelocele  
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What is the fatal form of spina bifida involving folded neural tissue? Fetus usually doesn't come to term.   Rachischisis  
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The notochord leaves no trace, except as the _______ _________.   nucleus pulposus  
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The sclerotomal mesenchyme becomes the __________.   vertebra  
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The nucleus pulposus is surrounded by a ring of fibrocartilage called the ___________ __________.   anulus fibrosus  
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In the embryo, where does the spinal cord end?   Full length of vertebral canal  
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At 6 months gestation, where does the spinal cord end?   S1  
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In the newborn, where does the spinal cord end?   L2-L3  
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Over the age of 2, where does the spinal cord end?   L1-L2  
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Vertebral body T12 is in close association with the _________ _________ cord segments   lower lumbar  
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Vertebral body L1 is in close association with all ___________ spinal cord segments   sacral  
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