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Spinal Cord

A
  • inside vertebral column
  • wrapped by the 3 layered meninges
  • cerebral spinal fluid between 2 layers of meninges
  • divided into 5 sections
  • spinal nerves come out of spinal cord and go to the peripheral regions of your body
2
Q

5 sections of spinal cord/ vertebral column

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  • cervical
  • thoracic
  • lumbar
  • sacral
  • coccygeal sections
3
Q

Injuries in the cervical area of the spinal cord can cause…

A

… quadriplegia and even inability to breathe on your own

4
Q

motor signals

A

efferent

5
Q

sensory signal

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afferent

6
Q

main way of communicating info to your body

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spinal cord

7
Q

4 basic fiber types that emerge from spinal cord

A

1) Somatic (bones)
2) Visceral (organs)
3) Efferent (motor)
4) Afferent (sensory)

8
Q

to skeletal muscles

A
General
Somatic
Efferent
(GSE)
- Dorsal Ramus
9
Q

to smooth muscle, heart, and glands

A

General
Visceral
Efferent
(GVE)

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Q

from skin

A
General
Somatic
Afferent
(GSA)
- Dorsal ramus
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Q

from lungs and digestive tract

A

Genreal
Visceral
Afferent
(GVA)

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Q

GSE fibers

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  • to skeletal muscles
  • Dorsal ramus
  • Ventral ramus
  • Ventral root
  • Ventral horn
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Q

GVE fibers

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  • to smooth muscle, heart, and glads
  • Rami communicantes
  • Ventral root
  • Ventral horn
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Q

GSA fibers

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  • from skin
  • Dorsal ramus
  • Ventral ramus
  • Dorsal root
  • Dorsal horn
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Q

GVA fibers

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  • from lungs and digestive tract
  • Rami communicantes
  • Dorsal root
  • Dorsal horn
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Q

Dorsal Ramus

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GSE and GSA fibers to/from dorsal body

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Q

Ventral Ramus

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GSE and GSA fibers to/ from ventral body

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Q

Rami Communicantes

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GVE and GVA fibers

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Q

Dorsal root

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  • sensory

- GSA and GVA fibers

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Ventral root

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  • motor

- GSE and GVE fibers

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Ventral horn

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  • motor

- GSE and GVE

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Dorsal horn

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  • sensory

- GSA and GVA

23
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line down the middle of the spinal cord

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  • Anterior median fissure
24
Q

3 major landmarks of interior spinal cord

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1) dorsal funiculus
2) lateral funiculus
3) Ventral funiculus
Funiculus=bundle

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Major motor tracts

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1) Lateral corticospinal (bulbar) tract
2) Anterior corticospinal tract
3) Rubrospinal tract
4) Lateral vestibulospinal

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lateral corticospinal tract

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  • contralateral body movement
  • left side of your brain controls right side of the body
  • right side of your brain controls left side of the body
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Anterior corticospinal tract

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  • controls trunk muscles

- standing, sitting, and walking posture

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Q

Rubrospinal tract

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  • flexor tone (flex muscles)
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Q

Lateral vestibulospinal tract

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  • extensor tone (extend muscles)
30
Q

Major sensory tracts

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1) Dorsal columns
2) Spinothalamic
3) Spinocerebellar

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Dorsal colmuns

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  • Fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus

- fine touch, pressure, proprioception

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Spinothalamic

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  • pain, temperature, crude touch
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Spinocerebellar

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  • proprioception
34
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Spinal cord function

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  • relaying efferent and afferent information between body and brain
  • mediating reflexes through the reflex arc