Spinal Cord

Label the following:

- 3 (same in A & B)

- 5 and 10 in A

- 4 and 7 in B

Identify the location of the grey matter in the spinal cord slide.

• Location A

• Location B

• Location C

• Location D

Identify the location of the white matter in the spinal cord slide.

• Location A

• Location B

• Location C

• Location D

Identify the location of the central canal in the spinal cord slide

• Location A

• Location B

• Location C

• Location D

Identify the location of the dorsal root in the spinal cord slide.

• Location A

• Location B

• Location C

• Location D

Identify the location of the dorsal horn in the spinal cord slide

• Location A

• Location B

• Location C

• Location D

During a football game, a young man suffers an injury to his spinal cord at the first thoracic vertebrate. What major functions could be lost due to his injury?

• Blinking

• Chewing

• Swallowing

• Pushing

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

A race car driver injures the right ventral root of his first lumbar vertebrate during a car crash. What major functions could be lost due to his injury?

• Movement in his lower extremities

• Sensation in his left lower extremities

• Movement in his upper extremities

• Sensation in the right section of his upper body

A fireman injures the left ventral root of his first thoracic vertebrate when he falls off a fire engine ladder. What major functions could be lost due to his injury?

• Movement in his upper extremities

• Sensation in his left lower extremities

• Control of his trunk stability

• Sensation in the left section of his upper body

A little girl steps on a sharp shell at the beach. What nerve pathway will this stimulus signal follow in order to lift her foot from the sharp object?

• Sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron, effector

• Motor neuron, interneuron, sensory neuron, effector

• Sensory neuron, motor neuron, interneuron, receptor

• Motor neuron, interneuron, sensory neuron, receptor