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 Neuroanatomy
Spinal cord- External features

By: DR.Javad Mohajer Ansari

Anatomy department

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BRIEF REVIEW OF THEVERTEBRAL
COLUMN

Function; Dermatomes &

Myotomes

Spinal nerves ; Formation & Division

Spinal meninges & Related structure

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 Vertebral column
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Vertebral column
 Vertebral column curvature
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Kyphosis
Lordosis
Vertebral column curvature
Vertebral Column
Vertebral Column
Vertebral column curvature
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Vertebral column curvature
Vertebral Column: Main parts

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Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column: Main parts
Vertebral Column : Intervertebral disk
Vertebral Column : Intervertebral disk
Shock absorber
Vertebral Column : Intervertebral disc protrusion
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Vertebral Column : Intervertebral disk
Vertebral Column : Intervertebral disc protrusion
Vertebral Column : Intervertebral disc protrusion
 Lumbar disc protrusion
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Lumbar disc protrusion
 Lumbar disc protrusion
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Lumbar disc protrusion
 Lumbar disc protrusion
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Lumbar disc protrusion
Vertebral ligaments
Clinical note: Lumbar puncture

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 Spinal cord
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Spinal cord
Spinal cord
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Spinal cord
Spinal cord
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Spinal cord
Spinal cord
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Spinal cord
 Spinal cord function

Pathway for motor information

Passage for sensory information

Centre for coordinating simple reflexes

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EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
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EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
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EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
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EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
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EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
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EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SPINAL CORD
Formation of spinal nerves

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Formation of spinal nerves
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Formation of spinal nerves
Formation of spinal nerves
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Formation of spinal nerves
Spinal segments
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Spinal segments
Spinal segments

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Spinal segments

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Spinal segments

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 SEGMENTAL
INNERVATION

Spinal segments
Spinal segments

Dermatomes

Myotomes

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Dermatomes
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Dermatomes
 Dermatomes
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Dermatomes
 Dermatomes
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Dermatomes
 Dermatomes
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Dermatomes
 Myotomes
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Myotomes
 Myotomes : clinical notes

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 Deep

Reflexes
Superficial

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Superficial reflexes

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Pathway for muscle stretch reflex or myotatic reflex

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 SPINAL MENINGES
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SPINAL MENINGES
Meninges
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Meninges
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Modifications of piamater
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Modifications of piamater
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Modifications of piamater

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Spinal cord
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Spinal cord
 Spinal cord blood supply

Spinal cord
blood supply

External Internal

Ant. Spinal Post. Spinal Radicular Sulci

artery artery artery branches
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 Spinal cord blood supply: Ext. part
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Spinal cord blood supply: Ext. part
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Spinal cord blood supply: Ext. part
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Spinal cord blood supply: Ext. part
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Spinal cord blood supply: Ext. part
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Spinal cord blood supply: Ext. part
Blood supply
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Blood supply
 Arteria Radicularis Magna
Arteria Radicularis Magna

Right or left
11th intercostal artery

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Blood supply: Internal supplying
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Blood supply: Internal supplying
 Blood supply: regional

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 Blood supply
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Blood supply
Blood supply
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Blood supply
Blood supply
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Blood supply
BRIEF REVIEW OF THEVERTEBRAL
COLUMN

Function; Dermatomes &

Myotomes

Spinal nerves ; Formation & Division

Spinal meninges & Related structure

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