Spinal Cord Lab

Overview of Spinal Cord

Spinal Cord Levels: Note difference in ratio of gray matter to white matter.

Spinal Cord Tracts (Funiculi)

Tracts of the Spinal Cord (in Latin)

Histology of the Spinal Cord

What are these large cells? Lower Magnification

 

Be able to identify the structures/regions indicated below.

 

Lesion "Case Studies" Refer to table on handout for function of the various tracts.

1)What tract (black area) is lesioned? Lesions in this tract would produce deficits in what?

2) What tract (black area) is lesioned? Lesions in this tract would produce deficits in what?

3) What tract (black area) is lesioned? Lesions in this tract would produce deficits in what?

4) Lesions here (black areas) would produce deficits in what?

5) Describe the site of this lesion.

Erbs and Klumpke's Palsy

Spinal Taps (Lumbar Punctures)