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The pia mater continues beyond the inferior end of the spinal cord as a thin cord-like structure called?
filum terminale
__________ receives axons od sensory neurons
dorsal horn
____________ contains cell bodies of motor neurons that supply the skeletal muscles of the body
ventral horn
Conical tapered terminal end of the spinal cord
conus medullaris
Dorsal root carries only entering ______ axons
sensory (afferent)
Ventral root carries only _______ axons
motor (efferent)
The collection of descending spinal nerves located inferior to the conus medullaris within the vertebral column
cauda equina
Descending motor system that runds from cerebral cortex to spinal cord and provides fine and skilled motor control of the body
Lateral Corticospinal Pathway
Neuron cell bodies located in primary motor cortex and descend through the brain
upper motor neurons
Neuron cell bodies locared in ventral horn of spinal cord, and exit spinal cord to travel to their target muscle
lower motor neurons (efferent neurons)
Distorted map for motor control of the body
motor homunculus
Means providing motor control for the opposite side of the body
contralateral
Means providing motor control for the same side of the body
ipsilateral
White matter pathway that connects cerebrum to midbrain of brain stem
cerebral peduncle
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Anatomy Quiz 6
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spinal cord, autonomic nervous syste. cranial nerves and foramina
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2012-02-28T03:01:38Z
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