BY 30 – Fall 2001

LECTURE 17:  The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves

Study Outline Answers

 

17.1.  Protective Structures

a.      vertebrae; vertebral column; vertebral canal; intervertebral foramen

b.      meninges; dura mater; arachnoid mater; pia mater; subarachnoid; arachnoid mater; pia mater

c.      dura mater; dense irregular; epidural

d.      arachnoid mater; subdural; subarachnoid; subarachnoid

e.      pia mater; denticulate; dura mater

 

17.2.  Gross Anatomy of the Spinal Cord

a.      medulla oblongata; conus medullaris; L1-L2 (L = lumbar); cervical; lumbar

b.      filum terminale

c.      ventral; dorsal; spinal nerves; 31; segment

d.      8; 12; 5; 5; coccygeal

e.      L1-L2; cauda equina

f.       cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); subarachnoid; L3-L4

 

17.3.  Histology of the Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves

a.      gray matter; white matter; gray matter; cell bodies; dendrites; axons; neuoglial

b.      dorsal; ventral; gray commisure; central canal; sensory; motor

c.      a motor neurons; d motor [note a = alpha, and d = gamma)

d.      lateral; S2-S4 (S = sacral)

e.      interneurons; sensory

f.       axons; myelinated; neuroglial; ventral median; dorsal median; ventral; lateral; dorsal; tracts

g.      brain; ascending; thalamus; dorsal column; spinothalamic; dorsal; lateral; ventral

h.      descending; corticospinal; lateral; ventral

i.       dorsal; ventral; motor; dorsal; dorsal root ganglion (DRG); primary afferent

j.       intervertebral foramen; dorsal; ventral; intercostal; plexuses; cervical; brachial; lumbosacral

k.      epineureum; perineureum; fascicles; endoneureum

 

17.4.  Spinal Reflexes

a.      somatic; cardiac muscle; smooth muscle; glands

b.      sensory; integration; motor

c.      primary afferent; dorsal root ganglion; pseudounipolar; spinal cord; sensory receptors; generator potential; threshold

d.      interneurons; dorsal horn; primary afferent; motor

e.      a motor; preganglionic

f.       stretch; monosynaptic; knee

g.      muscle spindles; intrafusal; stretched; action potentials; a motor

h.      a motor; extrafusal; motor; contract

i.       reciprocal; interneuron; inhibitory

j.       withdrawal; interneurons; dorsal;

k.      ipsilateral; contract; relax

l.       contralateral; relax; contract; crossed extensor