Spinal Cord And Spinal Nerves

Front 1

What are the layers of the spinal cord meninges from the outmost layer to the deepest layer?

Back 1

Vertebra epidural space dura mater subdural space arachnoid subarachnoid space pia mater

Front 2

Which space in the spinal meninges is true space?

Back 2

epidural space

Front 3

what does the epidural space of the spinal meninges house?

Back 3

loose connective tisue, bv's, and adipose connective tissue

Front 4

How many layers does the spinal dura mater have?

Back 4

Just one layer (still has a periosteal layer and an inner meningeal layer howerver)

Front 5

What does the dura mater do for the spinal cord?

Back 5

provides stability, also fuses with connective tissue layers that surround spinal nerves

Front 6

What is the clinical procedure for obtaining CSF?

Back 6

Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)

Front 7

Where do they insert the needle for a spinal tap?

Back 7

L3-L4

Front 8

What layers does a spinal tap pass through?

Back 8

skin layers, ligamentum flavum, epidural space, dura mater, arachnoid, and enter the subarachnoid space

Front 9

What is the pia mater composed of?

Back 9

collagen and elastic fibers

Front 10

What directly adheres to the spinal cord and support some of the bv's supplying the spinal cord?

Back 10

pia mater