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Spinal cord and meninges
2E
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
03/15/2011

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Term
________ _________ is an area of cell bodies in the CNS
Definition
grey matter
Term
_____________ __________ is an area of axons or fibers in the CNS
Definition
white matter
Term
______ _____ contain SENSORY NEURONS ONLY
Definition
dorsal roots
Term
An enlarged portion of the dorsal root is known as a
Definition
dorsal root ganglion
Term
A ___________ is an area of cell bodies outside of the CNS
Definition
ganglion
Term
The dorsal root ganglion contains _____ _______ of ________ neurons
Definition
cell bodies sensory
Term
Ventral roots come from the _______ surface of the spinal cord.
Dorsal roots come from the ___________ surface of the spinal cord
Definition
ventral
dorsal
Term
Ventral roots contain _____ neurons ONLY
Definition
motor
Term
The ventral root joins with the dorsal root to form the...
Definition
spinal nerve
Term
The spinal nerves divideds into a larger ______ ramus, and a smaller _______ ramus
Definition
ventral
dorsal
Term
The Ventral ramus supplies what?
Definition
entire anterior trunk
Appendages
Term
The dorsal ramus supplies what?
Definition
all structures on the back
Term
Interneurons can create what?
Definition
very quick reflexes
Term
Sensory or afferent neurons have their cell body where?
Definition
In the dorsal root ganglion
Term
motor or efferent neurons have their cell body in the ______ _________ of the cord, and its axon passes through the ______ ______ into the ventral root.
Definition
gray matter
white matter
Term
The spinal cord is a long cylindrical mass of nervous tissue that occupies the upper __/__ of the verterbral canal
Definition
2/3
Term
The spinal cord is connected to the brain superiorly where it is continous with the ________ and extends to the level of ___
Definition
medulla
L2
Term
It presents enlargements in the ____________ and ___________ regions, where the cell bodies from the upper limb and lower limb are located
Definition
cervical
lumbar
Term
The lower end of the cord has a conical shape and is termed...
Definition
conus medullaris
Term
Below the level of ___ the verterbral canal is occupied by the _________ ________, which consists of the very long roots of the lower spinal nerves,
which descend in a bundle from the __________ _________.
Definition
L2
Cauda equina
conus medullaris
Term
The brain and spinal cord are surrounded and protected by __ layers of _________ tissue, collectively known as __________
Definition
3
connective
meninges
Term
The outermost meninge, composed of tough fibrous connective tissue
Definition
dura mater
Term
The ___ of the spinal cord extends from the formamen magnum where it is continous with the ____ mater that surrounds the brain and then courses inferiorly to the coccyx in the vertebral canal
Definition
dura
dura
Term
the space external to the dura mater is termed the ____________ space
Definition
epidural
Term
The epidural space contains adipose tissue in the form of globules of ___
Definition
fat
Term
The epidural space also contains the ___________ _______ _______
Definition
vertebral venous plexus
Term
_________ ______ is the intermediate meninge
Definition
Arachnoid mater
Term
The arachnoid mater is a delicate, loose, netlike membrane that extends from the __________ ________where it is contonous with the _______ arachnoid inferiorly through the vertebral column to coccyx
Definition
foramen magnum
cerebral
Term
The arachnoid mater is seperated from the pia mater by the ____________ _________, which is a space containing _____________ ________.
Definition
subarachnoid space
cerebrospinal fluid
Term
The ____ mater is the innermost layer of meninges. It is very delicate _________ tissue that ______ to the surface of the brain and spinal cord. It also extends from the _______ ________ to the coccyx
Definition
pia
connective
adheres
foramen magnum
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