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APPEARANCE OF
SPINAL CORD
Lecturer: Emmaruth B.
Bautista, PTRP
EXTERNAL
ANATOMY
External Anatomy
Length: 42-45 cm
Roughly cylindrical
Superiorly: foramen magnum
Inferiorly: adult- lower border of 1st
vertebra
Young child: upper border of 3rd
lumbar vertebra
Occupies upper 2/3 of vertebral canal
Covered by 3 meninges ( PAD )
Enlargements
Fusiformly enlarged:
Cervical enlargement
– BRACHIAL PLEXUS
Lumbar enlargement
– LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS
CSF- further protects SC
Subarachnoid space
CONUS MEDULLARIS- tapered end of
SC
FILUM TERMINALE- prolongation of
pia mater
– Descends to attach to the posterior
surface of coccyx
Segments
Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral
Coccygeal
Longitudinal Divisions
Anterior median fissure
Posterior median sulcus
Ventrolateral sulcus
Dorsal lateral sulcus
Spinal roots and Nerves
31 pairs of spinal nerves.