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THE SPINAL CORD

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Learning activities
1. The gross anatomy of the spinal cord
2. The cross-sectional anatomy of the spinal cord
3. A reflex arc
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Cervical spinal nerves Cervical enlargement

Thoracis spinal nerves Posterior median sulcus

Lumbar enlargement

Lumbar spinal nerves

Cauda equina

Sacral spinal nerves

Coccygeal nerves
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Spinal Cord
(cross section) Answers
Posterior median Dorsal route
sulcus
Dorsal root
Anterior ganglion
median fissure
Ventral route
Spinal nerve
Posterior column pathway
Posterior gray
horn
Anterior gray Somatic
horn sensory
nuclei
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Flash cards- 30 mins

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Identify the five steps involved in a

reflex arc

Arrival of stimulus Dorsal root

Activation of a Sensations relayed to
and activation of
sensory neuron the brain by axon
receptor
collaterals

Information
processing in the CNS

Receptor

Response by
peripheral effector Ventral root
Sensory neuron
(stimulated)
Activation of a motor
neuron Excitatory interneuron

Motor neuron
(stimulated)
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Identification of 12
pairs of cranial nerves
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Cranial nerve

Olfactory bulb

Optic

Olfactory tract Oculomotor

Optic
chiasm
Trochlear

Trigeminal

Infundibulum

Abducens

Facial

Vestibulocochlear

glossopharyngeal

Vagus

Accessory

Diagrammatic view showing

the attachment of the 12 pairs Hypoglossal
of cranial nerves