SLCC Anatomy: Ch 16 Spinal cord/nerves Questions and Answers
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SLCC Anatomy: Ch 16 Spinal Cord/nerves
SLCC Anatomy: Ch 16 Spinal cord/nerves
Which body regions are innervated by the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord? - Answer- lower limbs
What is the collective name for all of the axons that project inferiorly from the spinal cord? - Answer- cauda equina
Within the cauda equina is a th...
SLCC Anatomy: Ch 16 Spinal
cord/nerves
Which body regions are innervated by the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord? -
Answer- lower limbs
What is the collective name for all of the axons that project inferiorly from the spinal
cord? - Answer- cauda equina
Within the cauda equina is a thin strand of pia mater called the - Answer- filum
terminale
Cell bodies of sensory neurons are housed in each - Answer- posterior root ganglion
___ contains motor axons only. - Answer- anterior root
Within each intervertebral foramen, an anterior root and its corresponding posterior
root unite to form a - Answer- spinal nerve
Between the dura mater and the inner walls of the vertebrae is the - Answer-
epidural space
The outer region of the spinal cord, composed primarily of myelinated axons, is
called the - Answer- white matter
The lateral horns found in the T1-L2 regions of the spinal cord contain cell bodies of
_____ motor neurons. - Answer- autonomic
Which spinal cord components contain cell bodies of interneurons and axons of
sensory neurons? - Answer- posterior horns
White matter of the spinal cord is partitioned into ____________, each containing
both ascending and descending ____________. - Answer- funiculi; tracts
The anterior funiculi are interconnected by the - Answer- white commissure
The spinal nerves inferior to ____________ exit below the vertebra of the same
number. - Answer- C8
The anterior rami of spinal nerves T1-T11 are called - Answer- intercostal nerves
Spinal nerves are mixed nerves, meaning that they contain ____ axons that are
found anteriorly, and ____ axons that are found posteriorly. - Answer- motor;
sensory
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