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Spinal Cord
The spinal cord is long, cylindrical rod present inside the neural canal of vertebral column. It is a part of central nervous system and controls reflex actions of the body.
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What if there moderate to severe spinal cord stenosis?
Stenosis or osteophytes can compress the spinal cord and its blood vessels, impeding or choking off needed nutrients to the spinal cord cells; in effect, the cells starve to death.
What is a C3-C4 central disc protrusion with mild deformity of the anterior cervical cord?
I'm not a doctor, just one who's had lots college science classes, but Central disc protrusion means that one of your spinal cord discs, the cushion between the bones, is bulging. May be due to injury, aging, Degenerative Disc Disorder, genetics, many reasons. No ventral flattening means your bulging disc appears to not be impinging or pushing on your spinal cord. BUT, please, ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO EXPLAIN, in terms you can understand. I know they talk like attorneys sometimes-"Party of the first part..", but this is your body (I assume or a loved one's) and you NEED to understand YOUR doctor. Okay?
What is the central opening on the vertebrae for passage of the spinal cord called?
Vertebral foramen
What are the demographics of spinal cord injuries?
10,000 new.(SCIs) occur each year in the United States. The typical patient.is a man between the ages of 19 and 26, injured in a motor vehicle accident (about 50% of all SCIs), a fall (20%), an act of violence (15%), or a sporting accident (14%).
Can you donate your vocal cords?
Yeah I'l have it. Always needed a spare incase something goes wrong.
What is the difference between a horn and a column in the spinal cord?
A horn is the gray matter of the spinal cord, and a column consist of white matter.
How many enlargements are there in the spinal cord?
There are two main enlargements in the spinal cord, the Cervical enlargement, and an enlargement at the Conus Medullaris in the Thorasic section of the spinal cord.
What are symptoms of leaking spinal fluid?
This is assuming post-op spinal surgery, following a lumbar puncture, or severe back,head trauma...
Headache when sitting up that goes away when lying down, obvious leakage of spinal fluid at the surgical/trauma site... In facial/head trauma a runny nose of clear fluid.
Usually goes away after several days of bed rest.
What prevents Side to side movement of the spinal cord?
The spinal cord runs though the vertebral canal which protects it and keeps it in place.
What is the medical term meaning any disease of the spinal cord?
Myelopathy is any disease or pathological condition of the spinal cord.
Are motor neuron cells bodies located in the gray or white matter of the spinal cord?
the white matter
What happens when spinal cord is cut or crushed?
It really depends where, but you will become paralyzed
What is the function of a umbical cord?
The umbilical cord connects the baby to the placenta which attached to the mothers utuers. It provides oxygen, blood and nutrients to the developing baby via the mother.
What is the bulge in spinal cord containing cell bodies of motor neurons supplying upper limb?
C 5-8 and 1st thoracic region of your spinal cord pass impulses or messages to your neck, arm and hand muscles. This forms a cervical budge in the cord. Another is found in the lumbar region for the legs.
What happens when to your vocal cords when you whisper?
easy cause its just a saying losing ur voice really its just dryness or swelling of the voice box ;)..
What kind of nerve goes from the spinal cord to the muscle that bends the fore-arm?
The type of nerve that goes from the spinal cord to the muscle which bends the forearm is name the 'triceps branchii muscle'. This is a fairly large muscle on the back of the upper limb of one of many vertebrates. Hope this is useful! Dr. Lav. :)
What are the main functions for the spinal cord?
The spinal cord is the mechanism by which your brain communicates with all the parts of your body, below the base of your skull. It's how you get your fingers to move when you're typing. Your toes to move while balancing. Your legs to move when running. Everything your body does is accomplished by your brain communicating with your body through the spinal cord. Even involuntary functions like your lungs breathing, your digestive functions, everything.
What neuron can be found in the spinal cord?
the dorsal horn of the spinal cord carries sensory or afferent nerve fibers. so basically signals get carried to the CNS.
What is a mild diffuse disc bulge with a small superimposed central disc protrusion at L5-S1?
Between each and every one of your vertebrae, there is a cartilage disc that seperates the vertebrae from each other.
Basically, at L5 and S1 (lower back, the disc that is between Lumbar vertebrae number 5 and the first sacral vertebrae) there is a diffuse (spread out) bulge. On top of that, there is also some protrusion of the central part of the disc.
