Bishop sure guide

Struggling to remember the spinal cord tracts, laminae and pathways? This study pack breaks the topic into exam-ready questions with clear answers, so you can revise faster and write with confidence.

What's inside

40 theory questions with complete written answers

80 multiple choice questions, each with the correct answer and a short explanation

Every answer is placed right under its question, so there's no flipping to an answer key

Topics covered

Gross structure: conus medullaris, filum terminale, spinal enlargements

Spinal segments and spinal nerves: naming, exit from the vertebral column, roots and rami

Gray matter: Rexed laminae I-X and the nuclei in each

White matter: dorsal, lateral and ventral columns and their tracts

Ascending pathways: dorsal column-medial lemniscal, spinothalamic and spinocerebellar

Descending pathways: pyramidal and extrapyramidal tracts, upper and lower motor neurons

Cerebrospinal fluid: composition, production and functions