Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves

What are the connective tissue coverings that protect the spinal cord?

• Meninges

• Epineurium

• Endoneurium

• Fascia

In which area of the spinal canal would a the needle for a lumbar puncture be inserted?

• Subarachnoid Space

• Epidural Space

• Interventricular Foramen

• Cerebral Aqueduct

What is the cauda equina?

• Extension of spinal nerves beyond the end of the spinal cord

• A network of nerves supplying the lower limbs

• A network of nerves supplying the upper limbs

• The root of a spinal nerve that carries motor impulses

Which section of the spinal cord has the enlargement that supplies the upper limbs?

• Cervical

• Thoracic

• Lumbar

• Sacral

Which type of matter is located in the outer portion of the spinal cord?

• White

• Gray

• Mixed white and gray

What is the anterior median fissure a good landmark for?

• Locating the front of the spinal cord

• Finding the spinal tracts

• Doing a lumbar puncture

• Identifying the cervical plexus

What information is integrated in the anterior horn of the spinal cord?

• somatic motor

• somatic sensory

• autonomic motor

• autonomic sensory

What type of information travels in the dorsal root of a spinal nerve

• motor

• sensory

• mixed

• reflexes

Which tracts carry sensory information?

• Ascending

• Descending

• Corticospinal

• Efferent

Identify which are (2) motor tracts

• Reticulospinal

• Spinocerebellar

• Corticospinal

• Spinothalamic