SPINAL CORD AND THE

ASCENDING TRACT
BANGAYAN
BERNAL
CABAUATAN
CASTRO
TURINGAN
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE VERTEBRAL
COLUMN
VERTEBRAL COLUMN
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• spinal cord
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPINAL
CORD
• Neural Plate

• Neural Crest

• Middle portion
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPINAL
CORD
MANTLE ZO NE
two plates
1 ) A l a r p l at e
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2 ) B a s a l p l at e
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPINAL
CORD
A RAC H N O I D a n d P I A M AT ER
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D U RA M AT ER
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CLINICAL CORRELATIONS:
A N E N C E P H A LY
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SPI NA BI FI DA
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MENINGOCELE
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MENINGOMYELOCELE
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 CLINICAL CORRELATIONS!
A N E N C E P H A LY
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SPI NA BI FI DA
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MENINGOCELE
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MENINGOMYELOCELE
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COMPOSITION OF THE VERTEBRAL
COLUMN
• 33 vertebrae

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intervertebral discs
(IV discs)
PARTS OF A TYPICAL VERTEBRA

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PARTS OF A TYPICAL VERTEBRA
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INTERVETEBRAL DISCS
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PARTS OF AN IV DISC:
1) ANULUS FIBROSUS
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2) NUCLEUS PULPOSUS
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LIGAMENTS OF VERTEBRAL
COLUMN
1. Anterior and Posterior Longitudinal
Ligaments
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2. Ligamentum Flavum
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LIGAMENTS OF VERTEBRAL
COLUMN
3. Other Ligaments:
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JOINTS AND INNERVATIONS OF THE
VERTEBRAL COLUMN
1. Joints of the Vertebral Column
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2. Joints Between Two Vertebral

Bodies
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JOINTS AND INNERVATIONS OF
THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
3. Joints Between Two Vertebral
Arches
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GROSS APPEARANCE of
The Spinal Cord
SPINAL CORD
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Meninges of the Spinal Cord

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 Dura Mater
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 Arachnoid Mater
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Pia Mater
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Sensory and motor roots
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Structure of The
Spinal Cord
Gray Matter
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Gray Matter
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Posterior Horn
1. Posteromarginal
Nucleus
(Rexed Lamina I )
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Posterior Horn
2. Substantia
gelatinosa
(Rexed Lamina II)
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Posterior Horn
3. Nucleus proprius
(Rexed lamina III and
IV )
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Posterior Horn
4. Posterior thoracic
nucleus (aka nucleus
dorsalis of Clarke)
( Rexed lamina VII )
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 Lateral Horn
(Rexed lamina VII)
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• intermediolateral group
(nucleus)

• ciliospinal
center of Budge
Anterior Gray Columns
a. Spinal border cells
(Cooper-Sherrington
border cells)
Anterior Gray Columns
b. Sacral
parasympathetic
nucleus
(Rexed lamina VII)
Anterior Gray Columns
c. Somatic motor nuclei
(Rexed lamina IX)
Anterior Gray Columns
d. Spinal accessory
nucleus
(Rexed lamina IX)
Anterior Gray Columns
e. Phrenic nucleus
(Rexed lamina IX)
 Gray Commissure
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Central Canal
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White Matter
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White Matter
1. Posterior
funiculus
(column)
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White Matter
2. Lateral
funiculus
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White Matter
3. Anterior
funiculus
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 The Ascending
Tracts of
the Spinal Cord
Exteroceptive

Proprioceptive
Anatomical Organization
Three Neurons of the
Ascending Pathway
First-order Neuron-

Second-order Neuron-

Third-order Neuron-
 FUNCTIONS OF
THE
ASCENDING TRACT
ASCENDING TRACTS
AFFERENT
SENSORY
2 Types of Information:
Different Types of
Receptors
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SENSORY PATHWAY
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MAIN FUNCTION OF THE
ASCENDING TRACT
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 ASCENDING PATHWAYS

Dorsal Spinocere-
Spinothalamic
Column bellar
Anterior: Cuneatus and
Anterior and
Gracilis:
Posterior:
Proprioceptio
Proprioceptio
n and
Lateral: n
Vibration
SPINOTHALAMIC
TRACT
ANTERIOR SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT
LATERAL SPHINOTHALAMIC TRACT
PAIN AND TEMPERATURE
 delta A and C fiber
Fast pain fibers

slow pain fibers

right hand
left side of the brain
REXED LAMINAE (I to X)
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Gate Control Theory
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ANALGESIA SYSTEM
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Brown – Sequard
Syndrome
DORSAL COLUMN PATHWAY
Fasciculus Cuneatus
(Upper limbs) – C8 above

Fasciculus Gracilis
(lower limbs) - C8 below
SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT
The Main Somatosensory Pathways
to Consciousness
Muscle Joint Sense Pathways
to the Cerebellum