NS Flashcards
(25 cards)
Multipolar
motor neurons + interneurons
Pseudo-unipolar
typical sensory
Bipolar
special senses
Endoneurium
connective tissue surrounding individual nerve fires/ axons
Perineurium
Surrounds bundle nerve fibres/vasicle
Epineurium
Surrounds entire nerve + associated capillaries
Grey matter
neuronal cell bodies + synpases
White matter
Myelinated axons
CNS
brain + spinal chord. receives interprets and takes action.
PNS
cranial + spinal nerves. detects change in environment + responds via innervation muscles and viscera. 43 nerves. 31 spinal. 12 cranial. Axons supported schwann cells.
SNS/ANS
SNS = voluntary and conscious. Skeletal, pain. Detects outside body. ANS= involuntary para and sym. Detects inside body- viscera. Regulated hypothalamus. Cardiac, smooth muscle + glands.
Cell body pre- synaptic = cns
Cell body post = near target organ
Nerves
axons in PNS
Tracts
Axons within CNS
Nuclei
neuronal cell bodies with CNS grey
Ganglia
neuronal cell bodies within PNS
Brain
Cerebrum - L + R cerebral hemispheres
Cerebellum
Brain stem
Spinal chord
Brainstem to L1/2 below= Cauda equina. After 3rd month fetus spinal chord no longer occupies full length stops L3
Spinal nerves
31 pairs 8 cervical 12 thoracic (cervical + brachial plexus) 5 lumbar 5 sacral (lumbosacral plexus) 1 coccygeal
Mixed nerves. Motor neurons (multipolar) cell bodies CNS ventral. Sensory neurons (pseudo) DRG
Poorly localized pain- nausea
Visceral afferent of sympathetic system
Where do presynpatic sympathetic nerves arise from
Lateral horn of spinal chord grey matter T1-L2
Where are post synaptic ganglia located on the sympathetic division.
Paravertebral ganglia - sympathetic chain
Prevertebral - close to target organ
Sympathetic division controls
Fight or flight Vaso constriction Sweat glands ( rest glandular is para)
Where do presynpatic para sympathetic nerves arise from
Brainstem
S2-S4 sacral segments spinal chord
Where do presynpatic para sympathetic nerves exit the CNS from
Cranial nerves 3,7,9,10
Pelvic splanchnic nerves S2-S4