anatomy lecture 3; urinary continence Flashcards
normal renal system motor function
- ureteric peristalsis
- bladder contraction
- urethral sphincter control (internal and external urethral sphincter)
renal system pain
pain from kidneys pain from ureters pain from bladder pain from urethra pain from testes (not technically part of the renal system)
urinary continence
involves both motor and sensory innervation
- voluntary control of the elimination of urine from the bladder
lumbar and sacral plexus supplies
motorand sensory innervation to the perineum and the low limbs
how many modalities of nerve fibres are there
5
SENOSRY NERVE FIBRES
- Sensations from the body wall (soma) i.e. our external environment are conveyed to the CNS via somatic sensory nerve fibres
- Sensations from our visceral organs i.e. our internal environment are conveyed to the CNS via visceral afferent nerve fibres
MOTOR NERVE FIBRES
- Motor responses to our body wall (soma) i.e. our external environment are conveyed from the CNS by somatic motor nerve fibres which stimulates skeletal muscle (voluntary) to contract
- Motor responses to our organs i.e. our internal environment are conveyed from the CNS to sympathetic or parasympathetic nerve fibres
nerve modalities involved with normal renal system motor function
- ureteric peristalsis and bladder contraction= sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibres
- urethral sphincter control=
1. internal urethral sphinctor= sympathetic and parasympathetic
2. external urethral sphincter and the lavatory ani muscle - somatic motor
nerve modalities involved wth renal system pain
- pain from the kidneys= visceral afferent
- pain from the ureters= visceral afferent
- pain from the bladder= visceral afferent
- pain from the urethra= visceral afferent when in the pelvis but somatic sensory in the perineum
- pain from the testes= visceral afferent
nerve modalities involved with urinary continence
voluntary excretion of urine from the bladder which involves sympathetic, parasympathetic, visceral afferent and somatic motor nerve fibres
nerve modalities involved with lumbar and sacral plexus
supplies sensory and motor innervation to the perineum and lower limb involves somatic sensory and somatic motor nerve fibres
The only means by which any type of nerve fibre can communicate with the CNS
is by being carried within either cranial nerve or spinal nerves
the distance that each type of nerve fibre is carried within a cranial nerve or spinal nerve will differ ie
- somatic motor and somatic sensory nerve fibres are carried their entire length within cranial or spinal nerve
- visceral afferents, sympathetic and parasympathetics only use the cranial and spinal nerves for limited portions to get into and out of the CNS
sympathetic nerve fibres leave the CNS
ONLY with spinal nerves T1-L2 (thoracolumbar outflow)
sympathetic fibres reach
smooth muscle/glands of the body wall (other than the head) within the spinal nerves (sympathetic fibres leaving the sympathetic chains and enter each pain of the 31 pairs of spinal nerves)
sympathetic nerve fibres reach the smooth muscle/ glands of the head mainly by
hitching a ride with arteries which supply the same structure
spina nerves contain
somatic sensory, somatic motor and sympathetic nerve fibres which innervate the smooth muscle and glands of the body wall
how do sympathetic nerve fibres get from the CNS to the kidneys ureter and bladder
- Sympathetic nerve fibres leave the spinal cord between the levels of T10-L2
- Enter sympathetic chains bilaterally but do NOT synapse
- leaves the sympathetic chains with abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves
- synapses at the abdominal sympathetic ganglia which are located around the abdominal aorta
- post-synaptic nerve fibres pass from the ganglia onto the surface of the arteries which rehearing towards the organs they need to innervate
- The collection of nerve fibres found on the outside of arteries is called a peri-arterial plexus
which other nerve fibre types also take part in such the peri-arterial plexus
parasympathetic and visceral afferent nerve fibres (as they are all going to and going from the same organs)
parasympathetic motor fibres of the autonomic nervous system leave he CNS
with cranial nerves 3,7,9 or 10 and the sacral spina nerves (crania-sacral outflow)
parasympathetic nerve fibres do NOT innervate what
smooth muscle or glands of the body wall,
parasympathetic nerve fibres reach the smooth muscle/ glands of the head and body via
cranial nerves
parasympathetic fibres reach the smooth muscle/ glands of the hindgut and pelvic organs
via pelvic splanchnic nerves