Quiz: Spinal Cord

Which structure is lined by ependymal cells and filled with cerebrospinal fluid?

Central canal

Which horns reach the surface of the cord and are use fuel for identifying the posterior side?

Posterior, dorsal horns

What are the dura mater, arachnoid layer, and pia mater together are known as?

Meninges

What surrounds the grey butterfly?

White columns: posterior, anterior, and lateral

Blood vessels supplying the spinal cord are primarily found in which space?

Subarachnoid space

What does the fusion of posterior and anterior roots containing both sensory and motor fibers form?

Mixed spinal nerve

What is the swollen structure containing sensory neuron cell bodies, each ringed by satellite cells?

Posterior/dorsal root ganglion

What is the deep wide groove on the ventral surface of the spinal cord?

Anterior median fissure