Syringomyelia

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Mind Map on Syringomyelia, created by satanay barsbai on 20/09/2018.
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Mind Map by satanay barsbai, updated more than 1 year ago
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Syringomyelia
  1. Anatomy of Spinal Cord
    1. Ascending Tracts
      1. Posterior
        1. Conscious proprioception + fine touch
          1. Gracile (lower limb, medial)
            1. Cuneate (Upper limb, lateral)
          2. Lateral
            1. Lateral spino-thalamic T. (pain & temperature)
              1. - Dorsal and Ventral spino-cerebellar T. (Unconscious proprioceptive sens.)
              2. Anterior
                1. Ventral spino-thalamic (pressure & crude touch)
              3. Descending Tracts
                1. Pyramidal
                  1. Corticospinal (lateral+anterior)
                    1. Corticonuclear
                    2. Extraoyramidal
                      1. Vestibulo-spinal Rubro-spinal Reticulo-spinal Tectospinal
                      2. Autonomic
                    3. Physiology of reflexes
                      1. Stretch Reflex
                        1. Withdrawal Reflex
                        2. cyst formation within the central canal. As it expands and lengthens over time, it compresses and damages part of your spinal cord from its center outward
                          1. Causes
                              1. Chiari malformation (CM) is a structural defect in the cerebellum, characterised by a downward displacement of one or both cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum
                            1. Management
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