Spinal Cord

Place in order from top to bottom vertebrae:

A. coccyx (tailbone)

B. thoracic

C. lumbar

• B C A

• A B C

• B A C

• A C B

Which letter represents the Cervical Region of the spinal cord and vertebral column?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which letter represents the Thoracic Region of the spinal cord and vertebral column?

• A
• B
• C
• E

Which letter represents the Lumbar Region of the spinal cord and vertebral column?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The spinal cord is protected by a bony spinal column made up of bones called ____________.

• White matter
• Gray matter
• Meninges
• Vertebrae

What is protected by the vertebral column?

• Ligaments
• Spinal cord
• Muscles
• The brain stem

What is the fluid in the space between the meninges that acts as a shock absorber to the brain and spinal cord called? 

• Blood-Brain Barrier
• Meninges
• Cerebrospinal Fluid
• Cerebral Cortex

Quadriplegia means the patient is paralyzed from 

• the neck down
• the waist down
• only the legs
• isn't paralyzed at all

Paralysis of the lower extremities is __________.

• paraplegia
• hemiplegia
• diplegia
• quadriplegia

The membranes covering the brain and spinal cord are the _________.

• thalamus
• ventricles
• meninges
• choroid plexuses