ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY &
PATHOLOGY
NOTES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
AND SPECIAL SENSES
FOURTH EDITION
THE SPINAL CORD PRE- SUMMARIZED NOTES
, General Info:
Extends from Foramen Magnum
Resides in the vertebral canal
Bathed in cerebrospinal fluid
Terminates at the ‘conus medullaris’ (cone of medulla) – approx
L1 in adults.
Transmits Motor Information Distally from the brain
Transmits Sensory Information back up to the brain
Emits spinal nerves at the level of each vertebrae.
Cauda Equina:
Nerve rootlets of lower-lumbar & sacral regions extend further
down vertebral canal.
Filum Terminale:
Connective Tissue anchors Cauda Equina to the base of
vertebral canal.
PATHOLOGY
NOTES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
AND SPECIAL SENSES
FOURTH EDITION
THE SPINAL CORD PRE- SUMMARIZED NOTES
, General Info:
Extends from Foramen Magnum
Resides in the vertebral canal
Bathed in cerebrospinal fluid
Terminates at the ‘conus medullaris’ (cone of medulla) – approx
L1 in adults.
Transmits Motor Information Distally from the brain
Transmits Sensory Information back up to the brain
Emits spinal nerves at the level of each vertebrae.
Cauda Equina:
Nerve rootlets of lower-lumbar & sacral regions extend further
down vertebral canal.
Filum Terminale:
Connective Tissue anchors Cauda Equina to the base of
vertebral canal.
