Test 3- Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards

1
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Respond to touch, pressure, stretch, vibrations, and itch

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mechanoreceptors

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2
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Respond to temperature change

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Thermoreceptors

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3
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Respond to chemicals in solution

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Chemoreceptors

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4
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Responds to light

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Photoreceptors

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5
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Respons to harmful stimuli that result in pain

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Nociceptors

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6
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Contains all the cranial nerves and all the spinal nerves

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PNS Anatomy

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7
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How many pairs of cranial nerves?

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12

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8
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Carry impulses form the PNS to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the PNS

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31 Pairs of spinal nerves

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9
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What are the two divisions of the PNS

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Somatic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

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10
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Carries impulses from the CNS to the skeletal muscle and involves mostly voluntary control

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Somatic Nervous System (SNS)

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11
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Carries impulses from CNS to smooth muscles on organs, cardiac muscles, and glands (visceral effectors)

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Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

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12
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Cranial Nerve I

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Olfactory nerve

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13
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Cranial Nerve II

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Optic Nerve

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14
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Cranial Nerve III

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Oculomotor Nerve

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15
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Motor nerve that innervates four of the extrinsic eye muscles

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Oculomotor Nerve

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16
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Cranial Nerve IV

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Trochlear

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17
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Motor nerve that innervates one of the extrinsic eye muscles

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Trochlear

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18
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Cranial nerve V

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Trigeminal

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19
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Has 3 branches, providing sensory innervation from the face and motor innervation to the chewing muscles (mixed nerve)

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Trigeminal

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20
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Cranial nerve VI

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Abducens

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21
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Motor nerve that innervates the muscle that abducts the eyeball

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Abducens

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22
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Cranial nerve VII

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Facial

23
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Mixed nerve that innervates the muscles of facial expression

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Facial

24
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Sensory from taste buds on anterior tongue

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Facial nerve

25
Q

Paralysis of facial muscles on affected side

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Bell’s palsy

26
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Cranial nerve VIII

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Vestibulocochlear/ Auditory

27
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Sensory nerve of hearing, balance

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Auditory

28
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Cranial Nerve IX

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Glossopharyngeal

29
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Mixed nerve providing sensory information from posterior tongue, motor information and parotid gland

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Glossopharyngeal

30
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Cranial Nerve X Vagus

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Mixed nerve providing sensory information from the thoracic and abdominal viscera as well as motor information to the muscles of the pharynx and larynx

31
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Cranial nerve XI

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Sinal accessory

32
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Provides motor information to the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid

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Sinal Accessory

33
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Cranial nerve XIII

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Hypoglossal

34
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Provides motor information to the muscle of the tongue

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Hypoglossal

35
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31 pairs of spinal nerves

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8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccygeal
36
Q

Formed by ventral rami of C1-C4

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cervical plexus and innervation of the neck

37
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Innervates the diaphragm, stimulating respiration

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phrenic

38
Q

Lies in the neck and axilla

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Brachial plexus

39
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Formed from ventral rami of C5-C8

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Brachial plexus

40
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Travels between and innervates bicep brachia and brachialis

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Musculocutaneous nerve

41
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Innervates most muscles of the anterior forearm and lateral palm

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Median nerve

42
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Innervates the flexor carpi ulnas and flexor digitorum profundus, as well as the intrinsic hand muscles

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Ulnar nerve

43
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Innervates deltoid and teres minor

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Axillary nerve

44
Q

Innervates almost all of the posterior sides of the upper limb

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Radial nerve

45
Q

Arises from L1-L4 nerves

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Lumbar plexus

46
Q

Innervates the anterior thigh

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Femoral nerve

47
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Passes through the obturator foramen and innervates the adductor muscles

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Obturator nerve

48
Q

Arises from L4-S4

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Sacral plexus

49
Q

Thickest and longest nerve in the body, supplies all of the lower limb except for the anterior and medial thigh

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Sciatic nerve

50
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Travels through popliteal fossa

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tibial nerve

51
Q

Hilton’s Law

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Any nerve that innervates a muscle producing movement at a joint also innervates the joint itself

52
Q

The area of skin innervated by the cutaneous branch from a single spinal nerve

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Dermatone

53
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Re-occurrance of chicken pox that only appears along a dermatone

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Shingles