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Count Bobula Spinal Cord Lecture

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Where does the spinal cord begin and end?   show
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show medulla oblongata  
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show C5 to T1  
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Cervical enlargement gives rise to what?   show
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show innervate upper limb  
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What segment of spinal cord extends from L1 to S3   show
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What rises from the lumbosacral enlargement?   show
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The three terminating structures of the spinal cord are what?   show
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show Filum Terminale  
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Which spinal nerves are part of the Cauda Equina?   show
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show 8th  
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What is the alignment of spinal cord segments and verterbrae prior to the 8th week   show
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show 3rd month. inferior end lies at progressively higher vertebral levels  
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show 6 months = S1 birth = L3 Adult = L1/L2  
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How do the spinal roots elongate to maintain innervation?   show
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What are the three meninges of the spinal cord?   show
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The loose sac, _____, around spinal cord and cauda equina that is continuous with _______ of the brain.   show
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show blindly at S2  
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Where is the Filum terminale internum?   show
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Where is filum terminale externum? What covers it?   show
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Where is the coccygeal ligament?   show
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What is between dura mater and vertebrae?   show
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What is in the epidural space?   show
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Where is the internal vertebral venous plexus?   show
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show connective tissue covering of a nerve  
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where to the dura mater and epineurium meet?   show
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show delicate membrane that lines the internal surface of the dura mater  
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What is the beginning and ending of the arachnoid?   show
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show potential space between dura mater and arachnoid  
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show real space between arachnoid and pia mater Continous with sub of brain and extend to S2, also go in spinal nerve root sleeves  
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What is in the subarachnoid space?   show
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show Lumbar cistern  
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show subarachnoid space inferior to conus medullaris  
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Where should you stick the ho for a lumbar puncture?   show
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show Pia Mater  
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show continuous with pia mater of medulla oblongata  
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What other structure in the spinal cord rises from pia mater?   show
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What stabilizes the spinal cord in the coronal plane?   show
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Where can denticulate ligament be found?   show
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What is the denticulate projections relationship with the arachnoid?   show
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show Anterior Median Fissure  
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What is the shallow groove along the posterior midline?   show
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show anterolateral sulcus  
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show posterolateral sulcus  
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show Posterior intermediate sulcus  
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show posterior intermediate sulcus  
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show Anterior (ventral) and Posterior (dorsal) roots  
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show ventral, motor fibers carrying information away from spinal cord,  
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Afferent fibers are what type, which direction?   show
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show a ganglion that contains the cell bodies of the sensory neurons - posterior root ganglion  
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Why are spinal nerves called mixed?   show
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Which spinal nerve ramus is smaller? What does it innervate?   show
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Which spinal nerve ramus is larger? what does it innervate?   show
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How many pairs of spinal nerves exist? Break them down:   show
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show C1-C7: superior to the vertebra C8: between C7 and T1 T1 down: inferior to the vertebra  
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show narrow cavity in center of cord that communicates with the ventricular system of brain  
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show lined by ependymal cells, it communicates with the fourth ventricle  
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show gray matter centrally located, white mater on periphery  
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Which matter has a butterfly or H shape?   show
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show posterior horn, anterior horn, intermediate zone, lateral horn  
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show thoracic and upper lumbar  
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How is the gray matter constructed? What is the formal name?   show
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show laminae I to VI  
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show lamina VII  
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show part of VII plus VIII and IX  
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What layer fit Around central canal?   show
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show carried by sensory fibers through the dorsal roots to the neurons in the posterior horn then axons ascend to white matter in neuraxis  
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Where is the marginal nucleus? What lamina is it?   show
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Lamina II makes up what?   show
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Laminae III and IV form what?   show
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In what special regions or segments are the posterior horn nuclei found?   show
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show voluntary movements  
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Where do the axons travel from neurons located in the anterior horn?   show
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show somatic motor neurons  
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What supply extrafusal muscle fibers   show
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What supply intrafusal muscle fibers (where)?   show
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What is an extrafusal muscle fiber?   show
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What makes up a motor unit?   show
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show These fibers are a proprioceptor that detect the amount and rate of change of length in a muscle.  
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show medial motor column and lateral motor column  
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show lateral column in cervical and lumbosacral enlargements  
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What does the medial motor neurons innervate? where is it found?   show
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show leaves via C3-C5, innervates diaphragm via phrenic nerve  
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show Accessory nucleus  
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show Intermediate zone  
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What is the purpose of the intermediate zone   show
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show Nucleus of Clarke/nucleus dorsalis/thoracic nucleus  
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What segments are nucleus of Clarke   show
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show ascend in white matter to cerebellum in posterior spinocerebellar tract  
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What forms the lateral horn? Segments?   show
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show S2-S4 preganglionic parasympathetic neurons  
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What are the three regions in which white matter is found in the spinal cord?   show
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show between posterior median sulcus and posterolateral sulcus  
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what are the boundaries of the ventral funiculus?   show
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show between posterolateral and anterolateral sulci  
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show long ascending and descending tracts that interconnect the spinal cord to the brain  
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show propriospinal (intersegmental) fibers  
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Where are propriospinal (intersegmental) fibers found?   show
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Why are propriospinal fibers important?   show
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show Anterior White commissure  
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show contains fibers that cross from one side of the cord to the other - ALL pain and temperature sensation must travel through it  
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What part of white matter do all pain and temperature signals travel through?   show
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show posterolateral tract, dorsolateral fasciculus lies between apex of posterior horn and spinal cord surface  
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show dorsal fasciculus of Lissauer  
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How does the dorsal fasciculus of Lissauer disseminate information?   show
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What sensory modalities are carried by the ascending tracts of spinal cord?   show
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The posterior column has two parts. What are they?   show
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show info from lower half of body: discriminative touch, vibration, limp position and motion  
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How far does f. gracilus info go up?   show
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show info. from upper half of body - T6 and up - also discriminative touch, vibration, limb position  
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show spinothalmic tract lies lateral and anterior to anterior horn  
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What is the very thin, skin like layer around the spinal cord that carries proprioceptive and tactile information to cerebellum   show
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Where at the anterior and posterior spinocerebellar tracts located?   show
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show Look at name. They go from cortex to spine...thus descending tracts  
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Where is the most important descending tract that carries 90% of the information   show
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Where is the anterior corticospinal tract?   show
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What tract starts at the red nucleus in the brain then enters the spinal cord   show
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show lateral funiculus, just anterior to lateral corticospinal tract  
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show control of muscle tone, especially limb flexor muscles (excitatory)  
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show Lateral vestibulospinal tract  
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show starts in lateral vestibular nucleus, runs in anterior funiculus close to surface  
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where does the medial vestibulospinal tract start and run?   show
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show 1. only in cervical region 2. controls head and neck position 3. travels as part of bidirectional path, the medial longitudinal fasciculus  
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What tract starts at the pons? path?   show
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where does lateral reticulospinal tract begin and run?   show
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show muscle tone; pontine (excitatory);medullary (inhibitory)  
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