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Chapter 14- Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards

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Peripheral Nervous system made of?

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Mixed nerves (contain afferent and efferent axons)- all spinal nerves are mixed nerves
Motor nerves (only efferent axons)
Sensory nerves (only afferent axons)
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How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

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12

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Cranial nerves are…

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Attached to the brain and pass through the skull foramina; numbered with roman numerals from rostral to caudal; each nerve is either motor, sensory or mixed

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Identify all 12 cranial nerves from top view of brain

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CN I: Olfactory

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Composed of very short fibers; sensory; doesn’t form tight nerve; bipolar neurons that are olfactory neurons; olfactory bulb is not cranial nerve I it is where olfactory nerve synapses

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CN II: Optic

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Axons of the retina converge to form the optic nerve; passes through the optic foramen into the brain; from eye to chiasma; sensory- vision

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CN III: oculomotor

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Motor- moves the eyeball and eyelid; parasympathetic; activates skeletal muscles that move eyeball

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Palpebrae=

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eyelid

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CN IV: trochlear

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Motor- moves the eyeball; smallest CN; only cn from DORSAL brainstem; innervates the superior oblique muscle and that’s all

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CN V: trigeminal

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MIXED

  • Motor: muscles of mastication (chewing only)
  • Sensory: All facial sensations
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CN VI: Abducens

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Motor- moves the eyeball

runs along the middle of pons; activates lateral rectus muscles (ABDUCTS the eyeball)

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CN VII: facial

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MIXED

  • Motor: Facial expression
  • Sensory: taste in anterior 2/3rds of tongue

NOT FOR CHEWING

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CN VIII: Vestibulocochlear

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Sensory- equilibrium and audition

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CN IX: Glossopharyngeal

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MIXED

  • Sensory: taste for the posterior 1/3 of the tongue
  • Motor: swallowing muscles
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CN X: Vagus

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BIGGEST CN Nerve; only one that goes past the neck (fibers innervate most organs of ventral body cavity); MIXED

  • Sensory: visceral sensation and taste from throat region
  • Motor: supplies muscles of the pharynx, larynx and soft palate that are involved in swallowing and vocalization
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Effector tissues of the Vagus Nerve

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Lung, heart, spleen, liver, stomach, kidney, small intestine, colon

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CN XI: Accessory

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MOTOR- coordinates head movements

activates sternocleidomastoid and trapezius; through foramen magnum, exit out jugular foramen

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CN XII: Hypoglossal

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Underneath tongue, activates tongue; motor tongue movement

Internal muscles change shape of tongue; external muscles are skeletal muscles

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Mnemonic

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Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel Very Good Velvet Ah

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Is cranial nerve XI attached to the brain?

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How many pairs of MIXED nerves are attached to the spinal cord?

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How are spinal nerves named?

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For their point of issue from the vertebral column

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of spinal nerves at each segment corresponds to the number of vertebra except

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Below cervical region, all spinal nerves exit ___ their respective vertebra

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If coming from your limbs it will follow what route?

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Ventral Ramus

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If coming from your back it follows what route?

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Dorsal route; sensory must go in dorsal route

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The _____ of all spinal nerves (except ___) branch and join one another forming an interlacing network of axons

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Ventral rami; T2-T12

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The ventral rami primarily serve…

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Because of the arrangement of the ventral rami, if a single spinal nerve is damaged does it completely paralyze the limb muscle?

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Back and thorax innervation=

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Spinal nerves T2-T12
The dorsal rami supply the back of the trunk in a segmented fashion;
The ventral rami of the thorax supplies the remainder of the thorax in a segmented fashion via the intercostal nerves

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Cervical plexus=

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C1-C5 spinal nerves; located deep in the neck under the SCM muscle; phrenic nerve (innervation of the diaphragm)

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What does spinal cord damage superior to C3 to C5 result in?

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respiratory arrest

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The brachial plexus

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Arises from C4-T1; located in neck and axilla region; innervates the shoulders and arms; Ulnar nerve

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The lumbar plexus

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Femoral nerve supplies the anterior thigh; obturator nerve supplies the medial thigh (adductors)

Arises from L1-L4; located in psoas major

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The sacral plexus

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Arises from L4-S4 spinal nerves; supplies buttocks, hamstrings, and leg; Sciatic nerve= largest in the body, innervates all of lower limb except anterior and medial thigh

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Coronial is also known as…

37
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What are dermatomes?

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An area of the skin that provides sensory input to the CNS via one pair of spinal nerves;

Clinical relevance? Nerve blocks, localization of injuries

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