Spinal Cord

Question 1

The main part of the vertebra

Answer 1

vertebral body

Question 2

Connects the vertebral body to the laminae

Answer 2

pedicle

Question 3

Connects the pedicles to the spinous process

Answer 3

lamina

Question 4

The hole in the center of the vertebra

Answer 4

vertebral foramen

Question 5

Found between each lamina and pedicle

Answer 5

transverse process

Question 6

Found between the two laminae

Answer 6

spinous process

Question 7

Neck vertebra

Answer 7

cervical vertebra

Question 8

Holes in the transverse processes through which the vertebral arteries pass

Answer 8

transverse foramina

Question 9

Formed by the 33 vertebrae

Answer 9

vertebral column

Question 10

A lateral hole between each pair of vertebrae

Answer 10

intervertebral foramen

Question 11

Passes through the intervertebral foramen

Answer 11

spinal nerves

Question 12

Separates between the bodies of the vertebrae

Answer 12

Intervertebral disc

Question 13

Covered by the three meninges

Answer 13

spinal cord

Question 14

The most external meninx

Answer 14

dura mater

Question 15

Created by the dura mater in the spinal cord

Answer 15

dural sac

Question 16

The level at which the dural sac terminates

Answer 16

vertebra S2

Question 17

Attached to the coccyx bone

Answer 17

coccygeal ligament

Question 18

Attached to the inner part of the dura

Answer 18

arachnoid mater

Question 19

The innermost meninx that covers the spinal cord

Answer 19

pia mater

Question 20

The space between the pia and the arachnoid

Answer 20

subarachnoid space

Question 21

21 pairs of pia extensions that leave the spinal cord, penetrate the arachnoid and fixate the spinal cord to the dura

Answer 21

denticulate ligaments

Question 22

A silvery structure in which the pia mater that covers the spinal cord continues caudally

Answer 22

filum terminale

Question 23

Neural matter of the upper limbs

Answer 23

cervical enlargement

Question 24

Neural matter of the lower limbs

Answer 24

lumbar enlargement

Question 25

The end of the spinal cord

Answer 25

conus medullaris

Question 26

Join to create the ventral spinal roots

Answer 26

ventral rootlets

Question 27

Join to create the dorsal spinal roots

Answer 27

dorsal rootlets

Question 28

Created by the joining of ventral rootlets

Answer 28

ventral spinal roots

Question 29

Created by the joining of dorsal rootlets

Answer 29

dorsal spinal roots

Question 30

A bulge containing the bodies of sensory neurons

Answer 30

dorsal root ganglion

Question 31

Formed by the joining of fibers from the dorsal root ganglion and the ventral root

Answer 31

mixed spinal nerve

Question 32

A bundle that extends beyond the conus medullaris formed by the lumbosacral and coccygeal spinal rootlets

Answer 32

cauda equina

Question 33

Butterfly shaped and located in the center

Answer 33

gray matter

Question 34

Surrounds the gray matter

Answer 34

white matter

Question 35

Wider and contains neural cell bodies that belong to the motor system

Answer 35

Ventral horn

Question 36

Narrower and contains neural cell bodies that belong to the sensory system

Answer 36

dorsal horn

Question 37

Runs along the ventral aspect of the spinal cord

Answer 37

ventral median fissure

Question 38

Runs along the dorsal aspect of the spinal cord

Answer 38

dorsal median sulcus