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Spinal Cord Cross-Sections |
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Spinal Cord Slide #1 Sacral
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1- Posterior Funiculus 2- Spinal Rootlets/Cauda Equina 3- Dorsal Horn |
4- Ventral Horn 5- Anterior Funiculus |
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Sample slide questions: 1) What level of the spinal cord is this? 2) Why is the posterior funiculus so small? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #2 Sacral Level |
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1- Dorsal Horn 2- Spinal Rootlets/Cauda Equina 3- Ventral Horn |
| Sample slide questions: 1) What kind of information is carried in the spinal rootlets? 2) Why is the dorsal horn so relatively large? |
Spinal Cord Slide #3 Lumbar
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1- Posterior Funiculus 2- Dorsal Horn 3- Lateral Funiculus |
4- Ventral Horn 5- Anterior Funiculus |
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Sample slide questions: 1) Where are the cell bodies that give rise to the posterior funiculus fibers? 2) What tracts are found in the lateral funiculus? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #4 Lumbar
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1- Gracile Fasciculus 2- Gracile Fasciculus 3- Dorsal Horn |
4- Corticospinal Tract (lateral) 5- Ventral Horn 6- Corticospinal Tract (anterior) |
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Sample slide questions: 1) Why is the ventral horn so large? 2) Are fibers in the lateral corticospinal from the ipsilateral or the contralateral hemisphere? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #5 Thoracic
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1- Posterior Funiculus 2- Dorsal Horn 3- Corticospinal Tract (lateral) |
4- Ventral Horn 5- Corticospinal Tract (anterior) 6- Lateral Horn |
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Sample slide questions: 1) What level of the spinal cord is this? 2) What is the function of the cells in the lateral horn? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #6 Thoracic
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1- Posterior Funiculus 2- Dorsal Horn 3- Corticospinal Tract (lateral) |
4- Ventral Horn 5- Corticospinal Tract (anterior) 6- Lateral Horn |
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Sample slide questions: 1) Where will the fibers in the dorsal column terminate? 2) Where will the fibers in the lateral corticospinal tract terminate? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #7 Thoracic
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1- Posterior Funiculus 2- Lateral Funiculus 3- Anterior Funiculus |
4- Ventral Horn 5- Lateral Horn 6- Dorsal Horn |
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Sample slide questions: 1) Where will the fibers in anterior corticospinal tract terminate? 2) If you damage the lateral funiculus, what tracts will be affected? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #8 Thoracic
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| 1- Gracile Fasciculus 2- Cuneate Fasciculus 3- Corticospinal Tract (lateral) 4- Corticospinal Tract (anterior) |
5- Ventral Horn 6- Lateral Horn 7- Dorsal Horn |
Spinal Cord Slide #9 Thoracic
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1- Gracile Fasciculus 2- Cuneate Fasciculus 3- Dorsal Horn 4- Corticospinal Tract (lateral) |
5- Ventral Horn 6- Corticospinal Tract (anterior) 7- Lateral Horn |
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Sample slide questions: 1) Where will the fibers in the gracile fasciculus terminate? 2) Where are the nerve cell bodies that give rise to cuneate fasciculus? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #10
Cervical Level |
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1- Posterior Funiculus 2- Dorsal Horn 3- Lateral Funiculus |
4- Ventral Horn 5- Anterior Funiculus |
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Sample slide questions: 1) What kind of information is carried in the anterior funiculus? 2) Where is the posterior horn so large? |
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Spinal Cord Slide #11
Cervical Level |
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1- Dorsal Horn 2- Corticospinal Tract (lateral) 3- Ventral Horn |
4- Corticospinal Tract (anterior) 5- Cuneate Fasciculus 6- Gracile Fasciculus |
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Sample slide questions: 1) Where will the fibers in the cuneate fasciculus terminate? 2) Where are the nerve cell bodies that give rise to the lateral corticospinal tract? |
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