Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Spinal tap and lumbar puncture are synonymous.
2. The clinically safe region of the spinal cord from which CSF can be extracted is tapped in a process called an epidural block.
3. The outermost layer of the meninges is the pia mater.
4. Regional anesthesia produced by the injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space near targeted spinal nerve roots is a spinal tap.
5. Monosynaptic reflexes have a long delay between stimulus and response.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE

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