Ch. 13 PNS and Reflex Activity Flashcards
These are receptors within the PNS that if stimulated they will generate graded potentials that can activate an action potential.
Sensory receptors.
This is any change in environment that activates a receptor.
Stimulus
Sensory receptors are classified in what 3 ways?
- Stimulus Type
- Stimulus Location
- Stimulus Structure
What are the 5 types of stimulus?
- Mechanoreceptor
- Thermoreceptor
- Photoreceptor
- Chemoreceptor
- Nociceptor
This stimulus type generates nerve impulses when a mechanical force is applied.
Mechanoreceptor
This stimulus type senses temperature changes.
Thermoreceptor
This stimulus type responds to light energy.
Photoreceptor
This stimulus type responds to chemicals in solution (smell, tastes, changed to internal fluid chemistry.
Chemoreceptor
This stimulus type responds to damaging stimulus and can be interpreted as painful.
Nociceptors
These sensory receptors respond to stimuli from outside the body.
Exteroceptors
These sensory receptors respond to stimuli from inside the body.
Interoceptors
These sensory receptors respond to stimuli inn the muscles and joints.
Proprioceptors
These sensory receptors are modified dendrites of sensory neurons. There are uncapsulated and encapsulated.
Simple
The structure of these sensory neurons are localized collections of cells associated with special senses and sense organs such as the eyes, ears, gates and olfactory bulbs.
Complex
This simple structure of sensory neurons are free nerve endings (temperature and pain) associated with skin sensory such as Merkel discs and hair follicle receptors.
Unencapsulated
This simple structure of sensory neurons are usually more sensitive and are wrapped around these and contain meissners corpuscles (discriminative touch), pacinian corpuscles (vibration), Ruffini endings (constant pressure), muscle spindles (muscle stretch), golgi tendon organs (muscles stretch), joint kinesthetic receptors (joint stretch).
Encapsulated
This is awareness of changes in the environment- activated receptor (PNS)
Sensation
This is conscious interpretation of stimuli. Turns change in environment into meaning (CNS)
Perception
What are the two types of nerves (axons) that carry into and from the CNS?
Mixed nerves
Ganglia
What are the 3 connective tissue structures that help protect the nerves (axons)?
- Endoneurium
- Perineurium
- Epineurium
This is a delicate layer of connective tissue that surrounds each Myelin sheath. Most deep.
Endoneurium
This is a group of axons (fascicles) wrapped by a coarser connective tissue layer. It wraps around bundles of nerve fibers within a single nerve.
Perineurium
This is a tough fibrous connective tissue surrounding all fascicles of a nerve. Outermost layer.
Epineurium
This type of nerve contains axons carrying sensory and motor impulses. This is all spinal nerves.
Mixed nerves
This is group of neuron cell bodies outside of the CNS. It is mostly sensory neurons.
Ganglia
This is the regrowth or repair of nerves. Typically only occurs in the PNS because there are no astrocytes. Damage is usually due to a crushing injury.
Regeneration of nerves.
Which end of the axon is able to regenerate?
The proximal end that is still attached to the cell body.
This part of the axon degenerated when damaged. The macrophages clean out the dead axon distal to the injury.
Distal axon
What happens when the axon regrows?
Axon sprouts or filaments grow through a regeneration tube formed by Schwann cells.
What happens when the myelin sheath is repaired?
The axon regenerates and a new myelin sheath forms.
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
12
2 cranial nerves originate in the ______.
10 cranial nerves originate in the _______.
Forebrain- telencephalon/cerebrum
Brainstem- midbrain, pons, medulla
What is the pneumonic to remember the 12 cranial nerves?
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Name the 12 cranial nerves.
Olfactory Optic Oculomotor Trochlear Trigeminal Abducens Facial Vestibulocochlear Glossopharyngeal Vagus Accessory Hypoglossal
Name the pneumonic that gives the cranial nerves functions.
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