Noun
- A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brainstem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.
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...The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain. The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system. It is around 45 cm long in men and around 43 cm long in women. The length of the spinal cord is much shorter than the length of the bony spinal column. In fact, the spinal cord extends down to the space in between the first and second lumbar vertebrae. Enclosed within, and protected by, the bony vertebral column, the spinal cord functions primarily in the transmission of neural signals between the brain and the rest of the body, but also contains neural circuits that can independently control numerous reflexes and central pattern generators. Read full entry
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- 1.Spinal cord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support ... The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system. ...
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- 2.spinal cord: Definition from Answers.com
- spinal cord n. The thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata down through the spinal column and from which the
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Why a spinal cord injury in A spinal cord injury in the
neck region can result in
paralysis and loss of feeling
in the body below the neck.
Despite this very serious
nerve damage, hearing, speech,
eyesight, heartbeat,
breathing, and the functioning
of most other internal organs
continues in a normal fashion.
Why do such spinal cord
injuries not affect the
functioning of these areas of
the body?
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what the (insomnia) said is true,and additional informations that the neck area of the spinal cord which is called cervical area containing c1,c2......c8 and they forming with T1 a plexes that located in the area of the armpit and only have role in the ipsilateral upper limb(arm,forearm and hand),also the afferent and efferent nervr supply of lower limb will be paralysed,while heart beats automatically by conducting system and vagus nerve which is coming from brain not from the spinal cord,and so for others ,briefly the nervious system of human composed of brain and spinal cord,brain control hearing ,speech,vision,smelling,breath ing somewhat,while spinal cord control the locomotary system,autonomic and musculoskeletal system. |
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Is a Dynatron sts machine My girlfriend has RSD. After
many surgerys doctors decided
to go with a spinal cord
stimulator for her arms and
legs. Her legs seem to be in
much better pain-free
atmosphere, her arms are
extremely in chronic pain. She
is on oxymorphone and
oxycontin to control the pain
but we are hoping for an
alternative method. I have
read about a dynatron sts
machine for nerve pain. Would
this be a solution considering
she already has a spinal cord
stimulator?
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Hi. Your girlfriend should have no problem at all using this type of unit in conjunction with her spinal cord stimulator as they are stimulating different nerves at different levels. In any case, if the STS gave her some relief in her arms but somehow caused interference, she could turn her spinal stimulator off for short periods to use the SCS on her arms. I have CRPS/RSD in my legs and arms - I have a spinal cord stimulator (and an intrathecal drug pump) and have used something similar to the STS (though with no success). My only concern with the STS would be whether she would tolerate it the patches that are used to adhere the electrodes to the skin. I had some problems from a sensitivity perspective, despite the fact that I do a lot of desensitisation work every day. The big worry however was that the adhesive on the electrode patches caused my skin to ulcerate, producing wounds that took many months to heal. As you are looking at alternatives, or at least adjunctive to medication (I know how she feels - I take so many tablets that I feel as though I'd rattle if you shook me!) Anyway, I hope that answers your question and really hope that she can try the STS system with |
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What can happen to the brain An intramedullary spinal cord
tumor is a tumor inside the
cord. So what could happen if
a tumor was found inside a
person's spinal cord in the
cervical region, which is in
the neck? What could this
possibly do to the brain,
specifically? Keep in mind
this tumor is long and large
enough it expands the cord and
been left untreated years.
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I hope you are not the patient. The cord tumor can cause increased intracranial pressure- papilledema, sometimes acute enough to cause other symptoms, like vomiting, headache. Not very common, but I have seen a couple. Understand that we never see anything common at Walter Reed- the other hospitals can handle the common stuff. So sometimes it is hard to get a good idea of just how common a given problem is. Usually the symptoms of a cord tumor are related to the damage to the spinal cord.- pain is common, weakness, spasticity, sensory loss muscle wasting in the muscles supplied by the affected part of the cord. A tract of the Trigeminal nerve goes down into the upper cord, then back up- can cause numbness of the face. This can be a confusion factor, as it can be mistaken for a second lesion, and lead to a diagnosis of MS. http://emedicine.medscape.com/ article/251133-overview |
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