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THE SPINAL CORD MUDr. Hisham El Falougy, PhD. [email protected]

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Page 1: THE SPINAL CORD - uniba.sk · 2020. 3. 13. · the pyramidal pathway • corticospinal fibers • pyramidal decussation • lateral corticospinal pathway • anterior corticospinal

THE SPINAL CORD

MUDr. Hisham El Falougy, [email protected]

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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYTEM

Prosencephalon

Mesencephalon

Rhombencephalon

Spinal cord (medulla spinalis)

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PROSENCEPHALON

Most rostral part

Telencephalon

Sensory centers

Motor centers

Integration and regulation of cognitive functions

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PROSENCEPHALON

Diencephalon

Control relay station

Affernt fibers to telencephalon

Autonomic nervous system

Endocrine glands

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BRAIN STEM

• Rhombencephalon

• Medulla oblongata

• Pons

• Cerebellum

• Brain stem (truncus encephali)

• Medulla oblongata

• Pons

• Mesencephalon

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SPINAL CORD VERTEBRAL CANAL

1st CERVICAL NERVE

VERTEBRAE L I – L II

NOT STRAGIHT

45 cm (HIGHT), 35 g (WEIGHT), 1 – 1.5 cm

(THICKNESS)

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SPINAL CORD VERTEBRO-MEDULLARY TOPOGRAPHY

INTRA-UTERINE

NEWBORN (L3)

ADULT

MALE (L I/L II)

FEMALE (L II)

CAUDA EQUINA

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SPINAL CORD

MENINGES

Pachymeninx

Dura mater

Leptomeninges

Pia mater

Arachnoidea mater

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SPINAL CORD

PIA MATER

Delicate membrane

Invests the surface of the spinal cord

Follows the contours of the spinal cord

Denticulate ligaments

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SPINAL CORD

ARACHNOIDEA AND SUBARACHNOID SPACE

Between archnoid and pia mater

Connected to 4th ventricle

Trabeculae

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SPINAL CORD

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

Clear and colourless

Contains protein and electrolytes

Mostly secreted by choroid plexus of ventricles

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SPINAL CORD

Dura mater

Thick, dense and fibrous

Cranial dura mater

Spinal dura mater

Epidural space

Subdural space

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SPINAL CORD

• Blood supply

• Vertebral artery – Anterior spinal artery

– Posterior spinal arteries

• Spinal branches – Vertebral artery

– Intercostal arteries

– Lumbar arteries

– Lateral sacral arteries

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SPINAL CORD

• Blood supply

• Anterior spinal vein

• Posterior spinal vein

• Lateral spinal veins

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SPINAL CORD

ANTERIOR MEDIAN FISSURE

POSTERIOR MEDIAN SULCUS

ANTEROLATERAL SULCUS

POSTEROLATERAL SULCUS

POSTERIOR INTERMEDIUS SULCUS

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SPINAL CORD DORSAL ROOTLETS

DORSAL ROOT

AFFERENT NERVE FIBERS

DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA (SPINAL)

VENTRAL ROOTLETS

VENTRAL ROOT

EFFERENT NERVE FIBERS

SPINAL GREY MATTER

SPINAL NERVE

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SPINAL CORD SPINAL SEGMENT

CERVICAL SEGMENTS (C 1 – C8)

THORACIC SEGMENTS (T 1 – T 12)

LUMBAR SEGMENTS (L 1 – L5)

SACRAL SEGMENTS (S1 – S 5)

COCCYGEAL SEGMENTS (Co 1 – Co 3)

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SPINAL CORD CONUS MEDULLARIS

FILUM TERMINALE

CERVICAL ENLARGEMENT

C II - TII

LUMBOSACRAL ENLARGEMENT

T IX – L I

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SPINAL CORD

GREY MATTER

CENTRAL CORE

H OR BUTTERFLY

ANTERIOR HORNS (MOTOR)

ANTERIOR COLUMNS

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SPINAL CORD GREY MATTER

POSTERIOR HORNS (SENSORY)

POSTERIOR COLUMNS

APEX

HEAD (CAPUT)

NECK (CERVIX)

BASE (BASIS)

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SPINAL CORD GREY MATTER

LATERAL COLUMNS (HORNS)

THORACIC (T 1 – L 1) – SYMPATHETIC

SACRAL (S 2 – S4) – PARASYMPATHETIC

INTERMEDIATE COLUMN

CENTRAL CANAL

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THE SPINAL CORD

ORGANIZATION OF SOME NEURONS

COLUMNS

VENTRAL – MOTOR

DORSAL – SENSORY

INTERMEDIATE (LATERAL) – VISCERAL

MOTOR

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SPINAL CORD

POSTERIOR HORN EXTEROCEPTIVE, PROPRIOCEPTIVE,

INTEROCEPTIVE

NUCLEUS (LAMINA) MARGINALIS

SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA NOCICEPTION

NUCLEUS PROPRIUS CAPUT

TEMPERATURE, PAIN, TOUCH

INTERSPINAL COORDINATION

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SPINAL CORD

POSTERIOR HORN

NUCLEUS BASILARIS

PROPRIOCEPTION

LATERAL CERVICAL NUCLEUS

C 1 – C 2

THORACIC NUCLEUS (CLARCKE´S)

C 8 – L 3

PROPRIOCEPTION

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SPINAL CORD

ANTERIOR HORN

ALFA (α)MOTOR NEURONS

EXTRAFUSAL FIBERS

GAMA (γ) MOTOR NEURONS

INTRAFUSAL FIBERS

MEDIAL TRUNK MUSCLES

LATERAL LIMB MUSCLES

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SPINAL CORD

ANTERIOR HORN

POSTEROMEDIAL NUCLEUS

ANTEROMEDIAL NUCLEUS

CENTRAL NUCLEUS

ANTEROLATERAL NUCLEUS

POSTEROLATERAL NUCLEUS

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SPINAL CORD

LATERAL HORN

VISCEROMOTOR

INTERMEDIOLATERAL NUCLEUS

C 7 – L 2

SYMPATHETIC

PARASYMPATHETIC SACRAL NUCLEI

S 2 – S4

VISCEROSENSORY

INTERMEDIOMEDIAL NUCLEUS

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SPINAL CORD

REXED´S LAMINAE (ZONES)

10 LAYERS

NEURONAL SIZE

SHAPE

CYTOLOGICAL FEATURES

DENSITY

DORSVENTRAL SEQUENCE

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SPINAL CORD

REXED´S LAMINAE

GRAY MATTER NUCLEI

I NUCLEUS MARGINALIS

II AND III SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA

IV AND V NUCLEUS PROPRIUS

VI THORACIC NUCLEUS (CLARKE´S)

VII INTERNEURONS BETWEEN THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR HORNS

VIII POSTEROMEDIAL AND ANTEROMEDIAL NUCLEI

IX CENTRAL, POSTEROLATERAL AND ANTEROLTAERL NUCLEI

X SUBSTANTIA GRISEA INTERMEDIA

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SPINAL CORD

White matter

Ascending and descending pathways

Anterior funiculus

Lateral funiculus

Posterior funiculus

Spinal segment

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THE ASCENDING PATHWAYS

• PROTOPATHIC AND NOCICEPTIVE PATHWAYS

• SPINOTHALAMIC

• DORSAL HORN

• AXONS DECUSSATE AND ASCEND TO CONTRALATERAL THALAMUS

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THE ASCENDING PATHWAYS

• PROTOPATHIC AND NOCICEPTIVE PATHWAYS

• SPINORETICULAR • RETICULAR FORAMTION (BRAIN STEM)

• SPINOTECTAL • SUPERIOR COLLICULI (MESENCEPHALON)

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THE ASCENDING PATHWAYS

• PROPRIOCEPTIVE PATHWAYS

• AFFERENTS IN THE PERIPHERY

• CELL BODIES IN SPINAL GANGLIA

• AXON TO CNS THROUGH SPINAL

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THE ASCENDING PATHWAYS

• PROPRIOCEPTIVE PATHWAYS • BASILAR NUCLEUS

• THORACIC NUCLEUS

• SPINOCEREBLLAR PATHWAYS (ANTERIOR, POSTERIOR)

• SPINOOLIVARY PATHWAY

• MONOSYNAPTIC MUSCULAR REFLEXES

• POLYSNAPTIC MUSCULAR REFLEXES

• WITH PATHWAYS OF EPICRITIC SENSATION

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THE ASCENDING PATHWAYS

• PATHWAYS OF EPICRITIC SENSATION

• AFFERENTS IN THE PERIPHERY

• CELL BODIES IN SPINAL GANGLIA

• FASCICULUS GRACILIS

• FASCICULUS CUNEATUS

• INTERNAL ARCUATE FIBERS

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THE ASCENDING PATHWAYS

• PATHWAYS OF EPICRITIC SENSATION

• NUCLEUS GRACILIS

• NUCLEUS CUNEATUS

• THALAMUS

• POSTCENTRAL GYRUS

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THE DESCENDING PATHWAYS

• SOMATOMOTOR PATHWAYS

• THE PYRAMIDAL PATHWAY

• FROM THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

• PRECENTRAL GYRUS

• CORTICOSPINAL FIBERS

• CORTICONUCLEAR FIBERS

• CORTICORETICULAR FIBERS

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THE DESCENDING PATHWAYS

• THE PYRAMIDAL PATHWAY

• CORTICOSPINAL FIBERS

• PYRAMIDAL DECUSSATION

• LATERAL CORTICOSPINAL PATHWAY

• ANTERIOR CORTICOSPINAL PATHWAY

• MOTOR NEURONS (SPINAL CORD)

• CONTROL FINE, FRACTIONATED MOVEMENTS

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THE DESCENDING PATHWAYS

• THE EXTRAPYRAMIDAL PATHWAYS • RETICULOSPINAL PATHWAY

• VESTIBULOSPINAL PATHWAY

• INTERSTITIOSPINAL PATHWAY

• RUBROSPINAL PATHWAY

• TECTOSPINAL PATHWAY

• REGULATION OF MOTOR ACTIVITY (MUSCLE TONE, COORDINATION, REFLEX RECTION TO VARIABLE SENSORY IMPULSES)