Exploration of the spinal cord and meninges in situ
Cervical spinal cord; anterior roots and spinal artery
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Exploration of the spinal cord and meninges in situ
Cervical spinal cord; anterior roots and spinal artery
The spinal cord has been cut transversely immediately above the seventh cervical segment and the lower part retracted posteriorly. This affords a view of the anterior roots and anterior spinal artery.
- Multifidus muscle (cut across)
- Semispinalis cervicis muscle (cut across)
- Anterior intermediate sulcus and ventral root cervical nerve VIII
- Semispinalis capitis muscle (reflected)
- Ventral median fissure
- Anterior column (gray matter)
- Posterior column (gray matter)
- Posterior median septum
- Root cervical nerve VII (cut across)
- Dura mater in depths of vertebral canal
- Arch of cervical vertebra VII (cut across)
- Anterior spinal artery
- Dorsal root cervical nerve VIII
- Ventral root cervical nerve VII
- Spinal branch of vertebral artery
- Anterior funiculus
- Lateral funiculus
- Posterior funiculus