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two main functions of spinal cord |
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information integration, nerve impulse propagation "highways' |
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what is white matter made of? |
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dozens of major sensory and motor tracts |
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_____ pathway for sensory input |
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white tracts are white because? |
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because they are myelinated |
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name the different sets of columns ( |
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2 posterior, 2lateral, and 2 anterior white columns |
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what does gray matter do? |
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processes reflexes in the integration center |
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sensory neuron, sensory receptor, integrating center, motor neuron, effector |
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what makes gray matter gray |
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nissel bodies, dendrites, unmylenated bodies |
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2 types of connective tissue that protect spinal cord |
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protect, cushion spinal cord |
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what forms the vertebral canal |
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what do you call the meninges of the brain |
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____ surrounds the spinal cord |
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the subdural space contains what fluid |
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the arachnoid space contains what fluid |
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