3. SPINAL CORDS
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- What is the length of the spinal cord?
- Where does the spinal cord extend from?
- What occupies the vertebral canal below the spinal cord?
- What is the fibrous strand that continues from the spinal cord?
- What are the cervical and lumbar enlargements associated with?
- What is the inferior most end of the spinal cord called?
- How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
- Where does the first pair of spinal nerves emerge?
- How do C1 to C7 nerve roots exit the vertebral canal?
- What is the collective term for nerve roots below L1?
- What do the ventral and dorsal roots of a spinal nerve carry?
- What happens when the ventral and dorsal roots fuse?
- What does the posterior primary ramus supply?
- What does the anterior primary ramus supply?
- What is the composition of the spinal cord?
- What shape does the gray matter of the spinal cord resemble?
- What are the two types of horns in the gray matter?
- What do the anterior horns contain?
- What do the posterior horns contain?
- How is the white matter of the spinal cord divided?
- What do the dorsal columns carry?
- What do the lateral columns include?
- What do the ventral columns carry?
- How many individual bones make up the vertebrae?
- What are the regions of the vertebrae?
- Which vertebrae are fused?
- What is the main function of the cervical spine?
- How many cervical vertebrae are there?
- What does the thoracic spine protect?
- How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
- What is the main function of the lumbar spine?
- How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
- What does the sacrum connect?
- How many sacral vertebrae are there?
- What do the fused bones of the coccyx provide?
- What are the three membranes surrounding the spinal cord?
- What circulates between the meninges?
- What is the function of the dura mater?
- What does the arachnoid membrane resemble?
- What is the function of the pia mater?