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NERVOUS SYSTEM: SPINAL CORD AND SPINAL NERVES Human Anatomy Unit 4

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NERVOUS SYSTEM: SPINAL CORD AND SPINAL NERVES 

Human Anatomy 

Unit 4 

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Gross Anatomy  •  Size:  42‐45 cm long •  Regions 

–  Cervical •  Con>nuous with medulla oblongata •  Motor neurons form cervical spinal nerves 

–  Thoracic •  Motor neurons form thoracic spinal nerves 

–  Lumbar •  Motor neurons for lumbar spinal nerves 

–  Sacral •  Motor neurons for sacral spinal nerves 

–  Coccygeal 

Note: doesn’t match up exactly to vertebrae

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Regions •  Cervical enlargement 

–  Innervates upper limbs 

•  Lumbar enlargement –  Innervates lower limbs 

•  Conus medullaris = end of the spinal cord 

–  Cauda equina = axons –  Filum terminale (also called the coccygeal ligament) = pia mater that anchors conus medularis to coccyx 

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Meninges •  Pia mater 

–  Den>culate ligaments –  Form a lateral shelf separa>ng the dorsal and ventral rootlets 

•  Arachnoid mater –  Subarachnoid space –  CSF 

•    Dura mater  ‐  Only one layer ‐  Epidural space ‐  Coccygeal ligament 

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Sec>onal Anatomy of the Spinal Cord 

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Regional Differences  

Region  Diameter  Shape  Ra>o  

Cervical  Largest (10‐15 mm) 

Oval with flaVening 

 white vs gray 

Thoracic  Smaller  Oval with flaVening 

 white vs gray 

Lumbar  > thoracic  Almost circular 

 white 

Sacral  Smallest  Almost circular 

white = gray 

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Organiza>on of White MaVer 

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Spinal Cord White MaVer 

•  Columns  – segments of myelinated axons that lead up/down the spinal cord 

•  Ascending tracts –  lead up the spinal cord to the brain – Example:  spinothalmic tract 

•  Descending tracts –  lead from the brain down to the spinal cord – Example:  cor>cospinal tract 

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Spinothalamic Tract 

•  Spinothalamic Tract – Info to thalamus • Pain •  Temperature •  Itch • Crude touch 

– Decussates in spinal cord – Receives sensory informa>on from skin, viscera 

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Cor>cospinal Tract 

•  Also called Pyrimidal tract 

•  From cerebral cortex to spinal cord 

•  Mostly motor axons 

•  Decussa>on in the medulla – Decussa>on of the pyramids 

– About 80% 

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Spinal Nerves 

•  Connect CNS to muscles, receptors, glands 

•  31 pairs •  8 pairs Cervical •  12 pairs Thoracic •  5 pairs Lumbar 

•  5 pairs Sacral •  1 pairs Coccygeal 

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Dermatomes 

•  Each pair of spinal nerves monitors a specific region of the body’s surface 

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Anatomy of a Peripheral Nerve 

•  Each peripheral nerve has 3 layers of connec>ve >ssue •  Epineurium 

–  Surrounds the outer surface of the nerve –  Dense irregular CT –  Blood‐nerve barrier 

•  Perineurium –  Encloses bundles of axons –  Fascicles 

•  Endoneurium –  Areolar CT –  Capillaries within supply oxygen and nutrients to the axons and Schwann cells 

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Anatomy of a Peripheral Nerve 

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Peripheral Distribu>on of Spinal Nerves 

•  Each spinal nerve is formed from the fusion of dorsal and ventral roots as they pass through the intervertebral foramen 

•  Nerves then divide into several branches 

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Distribu>on of Motor Neurons in the Spinal Cord 

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Distribu>on of Sensory Neurons in the Spinal Cord 

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Nerve Plexuses •  Segments controlling skeletal 

musculature –  Neck –  Upper limbs –  Lower limbs 

•  Ventral rami of adjacent spinal nerves blend their fibers to form a series of compound nerve trunks 

•  Nerves plexuses –  Cervical –  Brachial –  Lumbar –  Sacral 

•  Occurs during skeletal muscle development 

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Cranial Nerves 

•  12 pairs  –  Arise from the inferior aspect of the brain 

–  2 from the forebrain 

–  10 from the brain stem 

•  Func>ons –  Sensory – Motor 

–  ….or both 

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Cranial Nerves 

CN I  Olfactory  Oh  Some 

CN II  Op>c  Oh  Say 

CN III  Occulomotor  Oh  Marry 

CN IV  Trochlear  To  Money 

CN V  Trigeminal  Touch  But 

CN VI  Abducens  And  My 

CN VII  Facial  Feel  Brother 

CN VIII  Ves>bulocochlear  Very  Says 

CN IX  Glossopharyngeal  Good  Big 

CN X  Vagus  Velvet  Brains 

CN XI  Accessory  A  MaVer 

CN XII  Hypoglossal  H  Most 

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