Spinal Cord Quiz

What structure runs through the spine inside the vertebrae?

• Cauda equina

• Spinal cord

• Spinal nerves

• Intervertebral disks

What exits the spine between vertebrae?

• Dura mater

• Spinal cord

• Spinal nerves

• Gray matter

What can result from herniation of intervertebral disks?

• Dorsal funiculus

• Cauda equina

• Paralysis

• Pinched nerves

What is the outermost layer covering the spinal cord?

• Pia mater

• Dura mater

• Arachnoid mater

• Epidural space

Which layer of the spinal cord is the innermost?

• Dura mater

• Arachnoid mater

• Pia mater

• Subarachnoid space

What divides the spinal cord into left and right halves?

• Pia mater

• Dura mater

• Epidural space

• Arachnoid mater

What runs the length of the spinal cord on the anterior surface?

• Gray commissure

• Central canal

• Dorsal median sulcus

• Ventral median fissure

What is the space superficial to the dura mater called?

• Epidural space

• Subdural space

• Subarachnoid space

• Central canal

What is the space deep to the arachnoid mater called?

• Gray commissure

• Subdural space

• Subarachnoid space

• Epidural space

Where do nerves serving the arms arise?

• Cervical enlargement

• Lumbosacral enlargement

• Conus medullaris

• Cauda equina