Spinal Cord

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.

The spinal cord runs though the vertebral canal which protects it and keeps it in place.

Myelopathy is any disease or pathological condition of the spinal cord.

the white matter

It really depends where, but you will become paralyzed

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.

Thoracic and lumbar regions

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.

spondylosis

easy cause its just a saying losing ur voice really its just dryness or swelling of the voice box ;)..

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. :)

Peripheral nerves.

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.

the dorsal horn of the spinal cord carries sensory or afferent nerve fibers. so basically signals get carried to the CNS.

gray matter

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.

anterior lateral sulcus

There is upper motor neuron in spinal cord. There is lower motor neuron in the spinal nerve.

I had a C4 to C6 fusion. My bones accepted my donor's bones well and my cervical spine fused properly to the donor graft. It took 8 weeks before I could return to University. I got my neck brace off at about 8 weeks, but I didn't feel completely better for at least another 10 weeks. Sooo, I personally returned to life after about 2 months. I do not know if this is an average time, but if your body accepts the grafts you will be on your feet soon enough. Do as the doctor says, do not fool around and you will get your life back in time.

All patients react to surgery and to rehab differently. You need to allow 6 months to 1 year for complete recovery so that you won't be tempted to rush and try to force your body to heal.

No, that is a myth.

Spinal instrumentation is a method of straightening and stabilizing the spine after spinal fusion, by surgically attaching hooks, rods, and wire to the spine in a way that redistributes the stresses on the bones and keeps them in proper alignment.

Looking down on the involved levels (L5-S1), the top is toward your abdomen (NOON) and the back is toward the back (6 O'clock). I'll describe what happens, referring to times on the clock. Between each vertebra are thick disks: these comprise of a thick wall on the outside, filled with a thick gel. This acts as a "shock absorber". Nerves travel down the spinal canal as a thick cord of nerves and this cord is encased in a 3-layered sac, or envelope. Each nerve arises at a point in the brain, and travels down the cord, exits at its determined level and travels down the body to where it is designed to go/operate. Over the years these disks begin to wear out and flatten or possibly bulge out (like squashing a marshmallow). Sometimes, trauma --or bending or leaning with/without heavy lifting-- can cause a herniation in the side of this disk, and the resulting herniation can cause problems by pinching a nerve. If the herniation occurs at 5 o'clock or 7 o'clock, the herniation can pinch (trap) a nerve as it is preparing to leave the spinal cord and travel down the body, resulting in a severe burning pain and possibly muscle cramps if the nerve travels to the spasming muscle. If the herniation occurs at the NOON position, since no nerves (only blood vessels and bowel), there is no pain (actually, there can be pain, but it is not from nerves being pinched... there are pain fibers in the disk). If the herniation occurs at the 6 o'clock position no nerves will be trapped or pinched because there is a lot of space in the spinal canal where the spinal cord travels, but the sac surrounding the cord as it runs down the body CAN be indented. This is what the xray is describing, and there is nothing to worry about in this case...

I also wanted to know that information. I have had a spinal fusion at L5-S1. The answer is no. Any fusion surgery is a disqualifcation. I am bummed too:( Sorry!!!

ganglia

The basal ganglion are responsible for carrying the impulses from the cerebral cortex to the cerebellum. The impulses pass through the brain stem in an area called the pons where they cross-over and switch sides of the body. This is why your left side of your brain controls the right side, and visa versa.