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Somatosensory System Flashcards

Exam 3 (42 cards)

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What are the 4 major modalities of the somatosensory system?

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  1. Discriminative Touch
  2. Proprioception
  3. Temperature
  4. Nociception
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What is discriminative touch?

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Non-painful/damaging touch

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What is proprioception?

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Awareness of ones own body position

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What is nociception?

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Pain sensation

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Primary afferents

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Peripheral axons that innervate things like skin

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Aα is in charge of what? What degree of myelination?

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Proprioception- thickly myelinated (20 UM)

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Aβ is in charge of what? What degree of myelination?

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Mechanoreception- decently myelinated (12 UM)

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Aδ is in charge of what? What degree of myelination?

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Pain & Temperature- lightly myelinated (5 UM)

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C is in charge of what? What degree of myelination?

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Pain, temp, itch-longer lasting pain- No myelination (1 UM)

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What are the three myelinated primary afferents?

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  1. Aα
  2. Aβ
  3. Aδ
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What shape are Dorsal Root Ganglion?

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Pseudo-unipolar cells

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The DRG is a collection of ____________

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Cell bodies

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Where does the central axon send action potentials to?

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The CNS

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Where does the peripheral axon send action potentials from and to?

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From skin to the DRG

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Mechanoreceptors detect ______________of skin and other body parts

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mechanical stimulation

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What are the two types of mechanoreceptors?

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  1. Sensory receptor cell mechanoreceptors
  2. Sensory neuron mechanoreceptors
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How do sensory neuron mechanoreceptors work?

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The stretching of receptors cells opens Na+ channels

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What are the two adaptions of stimulus?

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  1. Rapid adaptation
  2. Slow adaptation
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What are the two layers of glabrous?

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Superficial and deep layes

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What is in the superficial layer? (2)

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  1. Meissner’s corpuscle
  2. Merkel cells
21
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What is in the deep layers?

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Pacinian corpuscle

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What are the features of a Merkel cell? (3)

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  1. High acuity
  2. Sensitive to indentation of skin
  3. Depth of indentation (edges, points, curves)
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What is the signaling process of Merkel Cells?

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Synaptic vesicles release NT (serotonin)

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What are the features of a Meissner Cell?

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  1. Lower acuity than Merkel, higher than Pacinian
  2. Rapidly adapting (good for timing resolution)
  3. Respond to low frequency vibrations (brushing against something)
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What is the structure of a Meissner cell?
Surrounded by spiral nerve endings
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What are the features of a Pacinian corpuscle?
1. Very low acuity 2. Rapidly adapting (Good for timing resolution) 3. Responds to high frequency vibration (earthquakes)
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In pain, primary afferents are preferentially sensitive to ___________
noxious/damaging stimulus
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What are the three endogenous opioids?
1. Enkephalin 2. Endorphin 3. Dynorphin
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What receptors do Endorphins bind to?
Mu
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What receptors do Enkephalin bind to?
Delta
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What receptors do dynorphin bind to?
Kappa
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What is sensitization?
A decrease of threshold, increase in magnitude of response to a previously effective stimulus
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What does the first order of the pathway contain? (2 types of neurons)
1. DRG Neurons (everything but face) 2. Trigeminal sensory neuron (Face)
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What does the first order of the pathway do?
Receive input and carry to spinal cord
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What does the second order of the pathway do?
Carries from S.C. to the thalamus/medulla
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What does the third order of the pathway do?
Carries info from thalamus/medulla to the primary cortex
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Where does pain sensation cross over at?
In the Spinal Cord
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Where does touch sensation cross over at?
The medulla
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What is the faster pathway for pain nociception?
Neospinal tract
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What is the slow pathway for pain nociception?
Paleospinal tract
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What fibers is discriminative touch sent by?
A-Beta
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Pain and temperature are sent by what fibers?
A-Gamma and C

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