Spinal Cord & Spinal Nerves (BIO 181-201) Flashcards

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tracts

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  • distinct bundle of CNS axons
  • common origin, destination & function
  • mylenated
  • named: Origin, destination
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2
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meninges

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membranes that surround nerve portion of spinal cord

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3
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duramater

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  • outermost layer

- very tough

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4
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arachnoid mater

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  • thin

- weblike membrane

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5
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pia mater

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  • innermost layer
  • firmly attached to fluid nervous tissue
  • forms filum teriminale
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subarachnoid space

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  • arachnoid & pia mater

- weblike strands of arachnoid mater, CFS, blood vessels

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7
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white matter

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outer portion of spinal cord

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8
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grey matter

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inner portion of spinal cord

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9
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ventral root

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  • NO GANGLION

- motor information

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10
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sensory receptors

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  • responds to specific stimuli only

- can only reach spine if strong enough to create action potential

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sensory neuron

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goes through dorsal root (back)

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12
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interneuron

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  • makes IDSP’s and EPSP’s

- makes appropriate reflex responce

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13
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motor neuron

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  • skeletal muscle effector=somatic reflex

- smooth, cardiac muscle or glands= autonomic (visceral) reflex

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14
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stimulus= stretching

reflex=________

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shortening

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15
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dorsal ramus

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  • branch

- wraps around muscles and skin

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16
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ventral ramus

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  • forms things in different spinal regions

- thorastic= intercostal nerves

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17
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anterior median fissure

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  • shows anterior side of spine
  • large fissure
  • entire length of spinal cord
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18
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ventral rami are roots of the _____

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plexus

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19
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horns

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grey matter

20
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thin posterior (dorsal)

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  • thin

- neuron cell bodies for somatic visceral sensory neculi

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large anterior (ventral)

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  • motor
  • large
  • contain cell bodies for symatic neurons
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small lateral

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  • thorastic and lumbar

- visceral motor neculi (none in neck)

23
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grey commissures

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  • 2

- connects horns on left and right to communicate

24
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rootlets

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  • 6 to 8 associated with grey matter

- comes together to form dorsal and ventral roots

25
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dorsal root ganglion

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  • collection of neuron cell bodies

- carries sensory information

26
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cervical plexus

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  • c1 to c4
  • roots and branches
  • phrenic nerve (diaphragm)
27
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  • C5 to T1
  • trunks
  • named for position in respect to axilary artery
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brachial plexus

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lumbar plexus

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T12 to L4

29
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major nerves from lumbar plexus

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-genitfemoral
_lateral femoral cutaneous
-femoral nerve
-saphenous

30
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spinal nerves of sacral plexus

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L4 to S4

31
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2 major nerves fro sacral plexus

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  • sciatic ____> fibular and tibial

- pudendal

32
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MS

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  • localized brain lesions
  • demyelination of neurons in brain and spinal cord myelin sheaths become hard causing poor conduction of action potentials
33
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spina bifida

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  • congenital defect of veretebral column L5 and/or L1 fail to unite at midline
  • menigies and/or spinal cord may protrude through defect in laminae
34
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Poliomyelitis (Polio)

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-caused by poliovirus produces paralysis bu destroying all bodies of motor neurons

35
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meningitis

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  • inflammation of meninges due to infection usually by bacteria or virus.
  • pus may accumulate in subarachnoid space; disrupting CFS
  • stiffness in neck, headache and fever, paralysis, coma or death
36
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shingles

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  • acute infection of peripheral nervous system
  • caused by herpes zoster
  • survives in dorsal (posterior) root ganglion—>sensory neurons of skin by fast ___ transport
  • pain, skin discoloration, skin blisters
37
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tabes dorsalis

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  • progressive, untreated syphilis
  • wasting away of dorsal roots and columns
  • symptoms: ataxia–> anesthesia–>paralysis
38
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myocradial infraction (MI) (heart attack)

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when blood flow to an area of the heart is blocked, oxygen and nutrients fail to reach its cells. waste products are not removed and the muscle cells die

39
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some women’s heart attack symptoms seem more ___ like

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flu

40
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life threatening complications that can result from either too much insulin or too little food

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insulin reaction or hyperglycemia

41
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__ and ___ may also lead to insulin reaction in people with diabetes

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vomiting; diarrhea

42
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glucose tablets

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quick source of sugar for diabetics

43
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first signs of insulin reaction

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  • feeling weak or different
  • nervousness
  • dizziness
  • perspiration
44
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having too little insulin in the body resulting from infections (especially UTIs) undiagnosed diabetes, not enough insulin, eating too much, not enough exercise, or stress

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diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) or hyperglycemia

45
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involuntary, often violent, contractions of muscles caused by abnormalities in the brain

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seizures