Spinal Cord Injury Flashcards
(24 cards)
pointed end of spinal cord
Conus medullaris
- micturition/urination/voiding reflex
Conus medullaris
filament that connects spinal cord to coccyx
Filum terminale
“horsetail” collection of lumbrosacral roots resembling a horstail
Filum terminale
Caudia means?
Tail
Equine means?
Horse
Sexual dysfunction
Filum terminale
UMNL> LMNL INC> complete
Erection
LMN>UMNL INC> complete
Ejaculation
painful erection,blood congestion,distention
Priapism
painful intercourse
Dysapareunia
Vaginal spasm
Vaginismus
4 stages of sexual intercourse
- Excitement
- Plateu
- Orgasm
- Resolution
Dorsal internal structure
Sensory
Ventral internal structure
Motor
Funniculus/column
White matter
Ventral horn and lateral horn
Gray matter
Substantia gelatinosa gate im gate comtrol therory
Laminae
What is the CUTANEOUS RECEPTORS
- free nerve ending
- Temperature
- Touch
- Vibration
ASCENDING TRACTS
- Spinothalamic tract
- Dorsal column
What are the DESCENDING TRACT ?
- corticospinal tract
- Rubrospinal tract
- Reticulospinal tract
- Vestibulospinal tract
it is the principle used in hold-release exercise
Sherrington’s law of reciprocal inhibition
IMPORTANT SCI TRACTS
-motor
-pain and temperature
-proprioception
INCOMPLETE SCI
- Anterior cord syndrome
- Posterior cord syndrome
- Central cord syndrome
- Brown sequard syndrome