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9 Cards in this Set
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How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
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31
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What do the spinal nerves do?
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connect the central nervous system to muscles, glands, and receptors
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What type of nerves are spinal nerves?
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Mixed
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Where do each spinal nerve exit?
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vertebral canal and travels through an intervetebral foramen above or below the vertebra of the same number
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What spinal nerve exits the vertebral canal through the intervtebral foramen between the c1 and C2 vertebrae?
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2nd cervical spinal nerve
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Which spinal nerve leaves the intervertebral foramen between the C7 and T1 vertebrae?
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C8
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What is the rule for naming spinal nerves?
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The spinal nerves INFERIOR to the C8 spinal nerve exit below the vertebra of the same number
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The 2nd thoracic spinal nerve exits through the vertebral canal through the intervertebral foramen between which vertebrae?
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T2 and T3
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What spinal nerve exit between T2 and T3?
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2nd thoracic spinal nerve
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