spinal cord and brain

Cards (9)

  • Spinal cord sections
    • Cervical +
    • thoracic+
    • lumbar+
    • sacral
  • 3 meningeal layers surrounding CNS
    1. pia (inner, soft) +
    2. arachnoid (middle, web fluid filled) +
    3. Dura (outer, tough)
  • internal organisation of spinal cord
    • Grey matter +
    • white matter includes neuroglia, myelin sheath
  • spinal cord organisation
  • distribution of nerve plexus
    • cervical plexus (muscles of neck and disphram) +
    • Brachial plexus (pectorial gridles and upper limbs) +
    • Lumbosacral plexus (pelvic girdle and lower limbs )
  • events in reflex arc
  • 4 regions of the brain
    • cerebrum +
    • cerebellum (motor function)
    • Diencephalon (sensory processing) +
    • Brainstem (reflex arc)
  • components of cerebellar structures
  • anatomical subdivisions of cerebrum 

    frontal lobe +
    parietal lobe +
    occipital lobe+
    Temporal lobe