Test 1 Flashcards

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SCI age

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most 16-30 yrs: participate in high risk activities
median age 26 yrs

avg age 41

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SCI cause

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*MVA most common 44% (motorcycle only 7%, die)
Falls 18%
Violence 16%
Sporting, mostly diving 12.7%

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SCI gender

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Male: Female ration is 4:1

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SCI Ethnicity

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73.9 Caucasian

caucasian (MVA) > AA (violence) > Hispanic (violence)

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leading cause SCI below 45yrs, above 45 yrs

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below 45: MVA

above 45: falls

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When is SCI most common

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July
Saturday
Daytime hours

alcohol or substance abuse plays a role in 17-49% of cases

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epidemiology

tetra vs paraplegia/ complete vs incomplete SCI common

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Incomplete Tetraplegia (quad): 29.5%—arms, legs, trunk

Complete Paraplegia 27.9%

Incomplete paraplegia: 21.3%

complete tetraplegia (quad): 18.5%

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epidemiology

most frequent level SCI

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C5

then: C4, C6, T12

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what % of pts SCI have complete neuro recovery by discharge?

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<1%

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what are the most vulnerable areas of the spine levels in SCI?

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C5-C7

T4-T7

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What ASIA level most likely to be employed?

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D

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Who is most likely to return to work post SCI? What kind of work?

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ASIA D
work fulltime
if return in one yr its the same job

more likely to return to work: younger, male, white, more educated, higher IQ

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Rehab

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the restoration through personal health services of handicapped individuals to their fullest physical, mental, social, and economic usefulness of which they are capable

including ordinary tx and tx in special rehab

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Vertebral Column 
# vertebrae
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7 cervical 
12 thoracic
5 Lumbar
sacrum and coccyx not considered vertebrae
31 spinal nerves 
21 vertebrae
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Processes on vertebrae

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7 proceses
4 articular
2 transverse
1 spinous

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about the dis

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central nucleus puplposes surrounded by annulus fibrosis
avascular: bld supply from peiphery adjacent blood vessels

mobility

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what is for mobility and stability in spine

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muscle attachements and ligaments for stability

articulation of facet joints and IV disc mobility

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ALL

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anterior longitudinal ligament

anterior vertebral body
atlas to sacrum
limits extension

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PLL

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posterior body within spinal canal from axis to sacrum, limits flexion

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Ligamentum flavum

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laminae of adjacent vertebrae,

upright head

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ligamentum ncha

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extend protub of skull to C7 for head upright

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supraspinous infraspinous ligament

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btwn spinous pocess

upright head

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intertrnsverse ligament

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ptween transverese process

limit lateral flexion of spine (rotation?)

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dura mater

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envelopes roots, ganglia, nerves, dense fibrous tissue, little vascualr supply, protective function

if tumor problem

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arachnoid mater:
delicate, cobweblike fine elastic tissue in subarachnoid space distribute CSF in CNS
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Pia Mater
adhere firmly to cord and help hold cord in place
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most imp structure between brain and body
spinal cord
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where is spinal cord
foramen of first magnum where it is continuous with medulla to level of the first or second lumbar vertebrae
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size of spinal cord
45 cm males 42 cm females 1.5 cm wide weigh 30 grams--light
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where are the nerve roots
2 rows of nerve roots emerge from the cord on each of tis 2 sides, the nerve roots join distally to form 31 pairs of spinal nerves. there is one pair of roots per spinal segment, upper roots almost horizontal, others downward oblique
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ventral root
anterior, efferent somatic = motor have a visceral (sympathetic) portion originate from ventral and lateral grey
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dorsal root
posterior, afferent root
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SAME
sensory afferent motor efferent
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DAVE
dorsal afferent ventral efferent
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how do dorsal and ventral combine
dorsal horn (sensory( and ventral horn (motor) come out of the central grey and join together to form the spinal nerve (31 pairs on each side)
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T/F | where does damage to L5 vertebrae cause damage
spinal nerves come out straight around C3, as you go down the nerves travel a little further down each time, the cord ends at L1. damage to L5 vertebrae doesnt mean L5 damage damage to L5 vertebrae doesnt mean L5 damage
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grey area
H shaped area containing cell bodies of neurons initial axonal segments, terminals of axons that synapse with these neurons
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dorsal horn
sensory
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ventral horn
motor
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lateral horn
visceral
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spinal cord white matter
ascending and descending fibers when fibers performing similar tracts are grouped together they are called tracts myelenated = white
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what happens if posterior cord is damaged?
sensation loss fasciulus gracilis, fasciculus cuneatue you can have corticospinal sparing and save motor you can stull have some sensory from lateral and ventral spinothalamic tracts
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lesion to most anterior SC
lose motor from ventral corticospinal tracts as well as sensory from the spinothalamic tracts
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anatommical relationships between the spinal cord and ventral vertebral column
Different growth rate of cord and spine. Cord segments are displaced upward from corresponding vertebrae, greater discrepancy occurs as you go down use spinous processes, add 2 to the number of spinous processes and resulting number is that of underlying spinal cord segment, from C2-T10 Ex: SP C5 over cord segment C7 SP + 2 = # of the underlying segment Because the cord is shorter than the vertebral column, nerve roots have to travel downwards (caudal), prior to exiting the vertebral canal
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Cord Segment-->Vertebral body-->spinous process Vertebral C6 Vertebral T4
Cord Segment-->Vertebral body-->spinous process (don’t need to memorize this, use the rule): more discrepancy as you go down 1. C8--> lower C6/upper C7-->C6 2. T6--> lower T3/upper T4-->T3 3. T12-->T9-->T8 4. L5--> T11-->T10 5. S--> T12/L1-->T12
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Vascular Supply to the Spinal Cord
the spinal cord is highly vascularized, it needs oxygen/nutrients and with loss of vascularization major damage will occur (trauma, spinal stroke loss of blood supply due to ischemia or hemorrhage)*vascularization is dense because it is important *without the vasculature have extensive cord damage
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Anterior spinal artery: where is it what does it supply
supplied by intracranial artery and vertebral artery it is a single solitary trunk, along anterior fissure to thoracic spine and it gives rise to sulcal artery which will supply central cord
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lateral spinal artery: where is it what does it supply
single set of branches from the vertebral artery C2-T2 supplies lateral structures
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segmental radicular artery: where is it what does it supply
prolongation of anterior spinal artery below T4, intercostal artery from aorta, supply segment bridge to spinal cord supply nerve root areas
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intercostal artery: from where
from aorta
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Vessel of Adamkieicz: what does it supply
supplies the anterior spinal artery between T8-L4. Supplies thoracic, lumbar, and sacral areas,
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Terminal artery: what does it supply
supplies filum terminale
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Posterior Spinal Artery: what is it what does it supply
supplies the posterior horns and posterior vertebral structures descends as a pair (unlike the anterior) along the medial edge of the posterior roots,
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Centrifugal system what does it supply where is it
supply exclusively cord –supply grey matter of the cord a. arise from the anterior spinal artery and supplies the central region of the cord—mostly grey matter b. includes most of gray matter and ½ inner, posterior, lateral, and anterior white matter
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Centripetal system: what does it supply?
supply exclusively cord –supply white matter of the cord -----Supplies part of dorsal horns, posterior column, outer lateral and anterior column Arise from the anterior and posterior spinal arteries and supplies the peripheral region of the cord. Anterior artery gives rise to pial arteries and travel circumferentially supplies periphery.
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Capillary Network: more dense in grey or white matter?
more dense in the grey matter than in the white matter. This suggests that grey matter is more important needs more vascular supply, when there is ischemia to cord itself the grey matter cells die more quickly than the white matter cells