HMC Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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the spinal cord is important bc - transmits sensory info to the brain
regulates motor and autonomic senses
regulates reflexes
sensory info TO the brain goes through what tracts/roots - dorsal roots
and ascending tracts
sensory ...
thick filament that is enclosed in PIA MATER and made of GLIAL CELLS -
✔✔filum terminale internum
where does the filum terminale internum extend from - ✔✔conus medularis
to the caudal end of the dural sac
anchors the spinal cord to the end of the vertebral column - ✔✔coccygeal
ligament or the filum terminalis external
looks like a horse tail and is made up of a bunch of spinal nerves -
✔✔cauda equina
the widest subarachnoid space from the end of the spinal cord down to the
S2 - ✔✔lumbar cistern
where do you get a lumbar puncture - ✔✔LUMBAR CISTERN
what is the spinal segmentation - ✔✔site where the spinal nerves emerge
from the spinal cord
what root does AFFERENT fibers and signals FROM THE PERIPHERY TO
THE SPINAL CORD/BRAIN - ✔✔dorsal
what root does EFFERENT fibers and sends signals FROM THE BRAIN
TO THE PERIPHERY - ✔✔ventral
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