June 16‚ 2014 A Case of Spinal Cord Injury 1. Describe the functional anatomy of the spinal cord using the following terms: white matter‚ gray matter‚ tracts‚ roots and spinal nerves. The spinal cord consists of a superficial White matter and a deep Gray matter. The white matter consists of myelinated axons‚ which form nerve tracts and the Gray matter consists of neuron cell bodies‚ dendrites and axons. The white matter in each half of the spinal cord is organized into ventral‚ dorsal
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Causes of Spinal Cord Injuries Dr. April 30‚ 2014 By Elisa Vigil Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries The causes of a spinal cord injuries result from damage to the vertebrae‚ ligaments or disks of the spinal column or to the spinal cord itself. Traumatic spinal cord injury may come from a sudden‚ traumatic blow to your spine that fractures‚ dislocates‚ crushes or compresses one or more of your vertebrae. Another cause of this can be from a gunshot or knife wound that
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Spinal cord injury happens when an acute traumatic damage to the a certain area or the complete spinal cord (including the intervertebral disc joints) or nerves roots within the spinal column occurs. This type of injury can cause stretching‚ bruising‚ pressure‚ severing and laceration. The cauda equina is a bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve roots‚ that can be damaged as well and results in temporary or permanent
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the person involved has sustained a spinal cord injury. Paramedics are rushing the patient to the nearest hospital‚ and they are trying to keep the patient stable. The patient is alert and appears to have some movement of the upper extremities. They are not sure of the exact level of spinal cord injury just yet. The patient listens to the paramedics talking and starts to ask questions about the signs and symptoms‚ etiology‚ statistics of a spinal cord injury‚ the pathology and physiology‚ the
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outside or surface of the cord. It connects the cord and the brain and is made up of nerve fibres. White matter contains motor fibres which run down from the motor centre of the brain‚ the cerebrum and the cerebellum to the motor cells of the cord Sensory fibres also run up the cord from the sensory cells of the cord to the sensory centre of the brain. 2. ANTERIOR HORNS – The anterior horns of the spinal cord is the front grey matter section of the spinal cord. It contains motor neurons
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Jenna Forrest Gayle McDonald KIN426 March 1‚ 2012 Spinal Cord Injuries in Adapted Physical Education Imagine what a class of third graders would look like during their PE class at school. You might see one child outrunning all of the rest in a 50-yard dash‚ or maybe a group of children partaking in a game of hopscotch. But what about the child in a wheelchair who suffers from a spinal cord injury? Approximately 25% of children in the public school system suffer from orthopedic impairments
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had meningitis. Meningitis is caused by an infection of the cerebrospinal fluid resulting in inflammation of the meninges. 1. What are the meninges? They are three membranous layers that surround the brain and spinal cord. 2. Name the meningeal layers that surround the brain and spinal cord and explain the relative location of each. Dura mater‚ arachnoid mater‚ and pia mater. Dura mater is the tough‚ fibrous outermost layer that lines the inside of the cranium‚ or sits next to the epidural space
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The anatomy of the spinal cord is very unique. Externally‚ it is initially surrounded by the vertebral column. The vertebral column is divided into the cervical‚ thoracic‚ lumbar‚ sacral‚ and coccygeal regions. These different vertebrae protect the spinal cord from damage and form a type of shell around it. The spinal cord appears as a long‚ thin cord of nerves. The peripheral nerves that extend out to many parts of the body arise from the spinal cords thirty-one segmental pairs of nerves. The cervical
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Structure: The spinal cord is a white‚ soft and cord (rope) like material running through the backbone. The internal structure of the spinal cord is much simpler and more uniform throughout its many parts than that of the brain. No matter where it is sectioned‚ it gives the same general appearance. The interior of the spinal cord looks grey because it is filled with neurons without having myelin sheath in their axons. There are thirty-one pairs of peripheral spinal nerves connected to the spinal cord. The
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statement or answers the question. 1) In the spinal cord‚ white matter is organized into ascending and descending tracts grouping into A) nuclei. B) nerves. C) columns. D) ganglia. E) horns. 2) Enlargements of the spinal cord occur A) adjacent to the anterior median fissure. B) in the filum terminale. C) near the posterior median sulcus. D) in segments of the spinal cord that control the limbs. E) in the thoracic region of the spinal cord. 3) The ________ is a strand of fibrous
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