Basic Neuroanatomy

Question 1

Afferent Fibers

Answer 1

Convey sensation from the skin, muscles tendons and viscera back to the central nervous system. Sensory Fibers

Question 2

Efferent Fibers

Answer 2

Transmit signals from the central nervous system to the muscles and viscera. Motor fibers

Question 3

Synapse

Answer 3

Space or cleft between nerve endings and nerve cells.

Question 4

Peripheral Nerve

Answer 4

Consists of may axons of different sizes and functions some of which are coated with myelin

Question 5

Anterior Horn cell

Answer 5

Location in the spinal cord of the efferent fibers. One cell, one axon

Question 6

Plexus

Answer 6

Complicated crossing of nerves from different root deprivation in both the shoulder and hip area

Question 7

Nerve Endings

Answer 7

where the nerve connects to fibers

Question 8

Muscle Spindles

Answer 8

Lies within the fibers of the muscles connected to connective tissue on one end and muscle on the other

Question 9

Neruomuscular Junction

Answer 9

The somatic efferent fibers synapse with muscle fiber at this space