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| spinal cord extends from... |
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| foramen magnum to intervertebral disc between L1 and L2 |
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| cone shaped terminal part of spinal cord |
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| "horsetail", composed of nerve fibers or axons |
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-from top of conus medullaris a CT fiber extends to sacrum
-composed of pia mater |
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| cervical/lumbar enlargements |
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| thickened regions of spinal cord |
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| number of pairs of spinal nerves that exit the spinal cord |
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-dura mater
-arachnoid
-pia mater |
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| CT covering that touches spinal cord and brain |
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| deep to arachnoid between arachnoid and pia |
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-produced in the ventricles of the brain
-located in subarachnoid space
-clear, colorless, odorless |
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-external to dura mater
-contain fat |
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internal to dura mater
nothing found here |
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L3 to L4 or L4 to L5
skin
subcutaneous tissue
ligaments
dura mater
arachnoid mater |
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cervical-8
thoracic-12
lumbar-5
sacral-5
coccygeal-1 |
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-composed of fibers
-ex. bundles of axons in tracts |
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contains cell bodies
-ex. ventral gray horn-motor neuron cell bodies |
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| contains sensory nerve fibers |
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| contains sensory neuron cell bodies |
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| automatic unconscious response |
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-receptor
-sensory neuron
-interneuron
-motor neuron
-effector |
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| receptor, sensory, motor, effector |
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