Equine Physiology Workbook

40. What is the vertebral canal? ________________________________________________

41. What are the cervical and lumbar intumescences? ______________________________

________________________________________________________________________

42. Where does the spinal cord end? The vertebral canal? ___________________________

________________________________________________________________________

43. What are the 4 features of the spinal cord termination? __________________________

________________________________________________________________________

44. Draw and label a x-section of the spinal cord (grey matter – horns and commissure,

central canal, white matter, dorsomedian sulcus & ventromedian fissure)

________________________________________________________________________

45. What is the epidural space? _________________________________________________

46. What is the dentate ligament? _____________________________________________________

149

Made with FlippingBook Publishing Software