Exam 17: The Spinal Cord and the Spinal Nerves

From which plexus does the pudendal nerve arise?

The thin transparent spinal meninx called pia mater separates the spinal cord from the surrounding cerebrospinal fluid.

The meninx indicated by the line is the _____.

The conus medullaris is:

The gray matter of the spinal cord:

Which of the following contain cell bodies of interneurons?

Select the structure(s) served by the phrenic nerve.

The part of the spinal cord indicated by the line is the _____

The inferior extension of the pia mater that anchors the spinal cord to the coccyx is called the _____.

The adult spinal cord extends from the _____ of the brain inferiorly to the superior border of the _____ lumbar vertebra.

The part of the spinal cord indicated by the line is the _____

From which plexus does the great auricular nerve arise?

From which plexus does the ulnar nerve arise?

Which of the following could serve as an effector for a somatic reflex?

From which plexus does the phrenic nerve arise?

The _____ plexus serves the skin and muscles of the head, neck, and superior part of the shoulders and chest.

The femoral nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve.

From which plexus does the superior gluteal nerve arise?

What is the best description of the dura mater?

There are _____ pairs of spinal nerves, consisting of the following groups: _____ pairs of cervical, _____ pairs of thoracic, _____ pairs of lumbar, _____ pairs of sacral, and _____ pair of coccygeal spinal nerves.