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| WHERE IS THE SPINAL CORD LOCATED AND WHAT DOES IT DO? |
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WITHIN THE VERTEBRAL CANAL OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
ACTS AS A PROTECTIVE CASINGPASSING DOWNWARD FROM THE BRAIN AND TERMINATING AT THE L1-L2 SPINAL LEVEL |
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| HOW MANY SEGMENTS OF DOES THE SPINAL CORD CONSIST OF? |
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| EACH OF THE SEGMENTS OF THE SPINAL CORD GIVES RISE TO WHAT? |
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| WHAT IS CERVIAL ENLARGEMENT? |
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| THICKENING OF THE CORD IN THE NECK REGION WHICH GIVES RISE TO THE NERVES IN THE ARM. |
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| WHAT IS THE LUMBAR ENLARGEMENT |
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| IT IS A THICKENING OF THE CORD IN THE LOWER BACK REGION WHICH GIVES RISE TO THE NERVES OF THE LEGS |
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| WHAT IS THE CONUS MEDULLARIS |
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Definition
| IT IS THE TAPERED END OF THE SPINAL CORD LOCATED AT THE L1-L2 SPINAL DISC LEVEL |
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| WHAT IS THE FILUM TERINALE |
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| IT IS THE EXTENSTION OF THE PIA MATER THAT EXTENDS DOWNWARD TO ANCHOR THE SPINAL CORD TO THE COCCYX |
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| (HORSE'S TAIL) A GROUP OF LOWER LUMBAR AND SACRAL SPINAL NERVES THAT EXTEND FROM THE SPINAL CORD. |
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| WHAT ARE THE 5 SPINAL LEVELS |
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Definition
| CCERVICAL, THORACIC,LUMBAR, SACRUM, COCCYX |
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| HOW MANY PAIRS OF NERVES DOES THE CERVICAL SPINE HAVE |
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| HOW MANY PAIRS OF NERVES DOES THE THORACIC SPINE HAVE? |
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| HOW MANY PAIRS OF NERVES DOES THE LUMBAR SPINE HAVE? |
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| HOW MANY PAIRS OF NERVES DOES THE SACRUM HAVE? |
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| HOW MANY PAIRS OF NERVES DOES THE COCCYX HAVE? |
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| WHERE IS THE 7 CERVICAL VERTEBRAE? |
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| ABOVE THE VERTEBA THROUGH C7 AND THEN IS BLEOW THROUGHT THE REST OF THE SPINAL LEVELS. |
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| PROTECTIVE COVERINGS OVER THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE THREE LAYERS OF THE MENINGES FROM OUTER TO INNER? |
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Term
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| TOUGH, WHITE FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT CONTAINS MANY BLOOD VESSELS AND NERVES |
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Term
| WHERE IS THE DURA MATER LOCATED? |
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Definition
| IT IS THE OUTER MOST LAYER AND EXTENDS DOWNWARD INTO THE SPINAL COLUMN AS A TUBLAR SHEATH. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE ARACHNOID MATER? |
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| THIN NET-LIKE MEMBRANE THAT LACKS VESSELS |
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| CONTAINS INTERSTITIAL FLUID AND LOCATED BETWEEN THE DURA MATER AND THE ARACHNOID MATER |
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| WHAT IS A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA |
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| A BLOW TO THE HEAT THAT MAY CAUSE BLOOD VESSELS TO RUPTURE. PRESSURE MUST BE RELIEVED PROMPTLY |
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| A VERY THIN LAYER CONTAINING MANY NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS THAT AIN IN THE NOURISHING OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE DENTICULATE LIGAMENTS? |
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Definition
| PAIRED EXTENSION OF THE PIA MATER WHICH CONNECT THE PIA AND ARACHNOID MATER TO THE DURA MATER ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SPINAL CORD |
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| WHAT DOES THE DENTICULATE LIGAMENTS DO? |
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Definition
| PREVENT SIDE TO SIDE MOVEMENT AND INFERIOR MOVEMENT OF THE SPINAL CORD. |
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| WHERE IS THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE LOCATED |
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Definition
| BETWEEN THE ARACHNOID MATER AND PIA MATER |
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| WHAT DOES THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE CONTAIN |
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| WHERE IS THE EPIDURAL SPACE LOCATED? |
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| BETWEEN THE DURA MATER AND THE WALS OF THE VERTEBRAL CANAL |
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Term
| THIS CONTAINS FAT CUSHIO TO PROTECT THE SPINAL CORD |
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