Items tagged “spinal cord”

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Hydromyelia

In hydromyelia, there is dilatation of the central canal of the spinal cord. The dilatation is lined by the normal ependymal lining of the central canal. The term can refer to dilatation of the persistent central canal of the spinal cord which communicates with the fourth ventricle (cavity wall...
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Diastematomyelia

  Diagnosis certain
Praveen Jha
Published 24 Apr 2010
92% complete
MRI
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Arachnoid cyst - spinal

  Diagnosis almost certain
Stefan Ludwig
Published 16 Jun 2010
71% complete
MRI
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Von Hippel-Lindau disease with spinal hemangioblastoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 17 Sep 2010
71% complete
MRI Ultrasound
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Intradural spinal lipoma

  Diagnosis certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 07 May 2011
92% complete
MRI
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Spinal cord metastasis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 13 May 2011
80% complete
MRI
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Syringomyelia

  Diagnosis almost certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 26 Jun 2011
53% complete
MRI
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Spinal cord ischemia

  Diagnosis certain
Matt Skalski
Published 17 Mar 2016
91% complete
MRI CT
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Spinal cord ischemia

  Diagnosis certain
Vincent Tatco
Published 06 Jun 2016
95% complete
MRI CT
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Filar cyst

  Diagnosis probable
Sipan Mathevosian
Published 02 Aug 2016
57% complete
Ultrasound
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Anterior corticospinal tract

The anterior corticospinal tract is formed at the level of the of the medullary pyramids, where the majority (90%) of descending corticospinal tract fibers decussate to form the lateral corticospinal tract. The majority of the remaining non-decussating 10% of fibers form the much smaller anterio...
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Lateral corticospinal tract

The lateral corticospinal tract is formed at the level of the of the medullary pyramids when the majority (90%) of descending corticospinal tract fibers decussate. The remaining 10% do not decussate and form the much smaller anterior corticospinal tract. A few non-decussated fibers may enter the...
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Spinocerebellar tract

The spinocerebellar tracts are afferent neurons that convey proprioceptive data from the spinal cord to the cerebellum. There are anterior and posterior spinocerebellar tracts, also eponymously named the Gowers tract and Flechsig tract respectively. Both the anterior and posterior spinocerebella...
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Corticorubral tract

The corticorubral tract contains neurons that connect the primary motor and sensory areas to the red nucleus. The rubrospinal tract then descends through the spinal cord.  The tract is thought to excite flexor muscles and inhibit extensor muscles. Gross anatomy Central connections The corti...
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Rubrospinal tract

The rubrospinal tract contains neurons that carry signals from the corticorubral tract. The tract is thought to excite flexor muscles and inhibit extensor muscles. Gross anatomy Central connections The magnocellular portion of the red nucleus gives rise to the rubrospinal tract. It decussates...
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Lateral spinothalamic tract

The lateral spinothalamic tract, also known as the lateral spinothalamic fasciculus, is an ascending pathway located anterolaterally within the peripheral white matter of the spinal cord. It is primarily responsible for transmitting pain and temperature as well as coarse touch.  The anterior sp...
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Anterior spinothalamic tract

The anterior spinothalamic tract, also known as the ventral spinothalamic fasciculus, is an ascending pathway located anteriorly within the spinal cord, primarily responsible for transmitting coarse touch and pressure.  The lateral spinothalamic tract (discussed separately), in contrast, primar...
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Dorsal thoracic arachnoid web

  Diagnosis not applicable
Matt Skalski
Published 18 Nov 2016
32% complete
Diagram
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Spinal cavernoma

  Diagnosis probable
Mostafa Elfeky
Published 19 Jul 2017
68% complete
MRI
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Denticulate ligaments

The denticulate ligaments are bilateral triangular lateral extensions of pia mater that anchor the spinal cord to the dura mater. They are formed by pia mater of the spinal cord coursing in-between the dorsal and ventral nerve roots bilaterally. They function to provide stability to the spinal ...

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