Exam 3 Study Guide- Dr. Butt Flashcards
Study Guide- Dr. Butt
What forms the spinal nerve?
it is the structure present at the junction at the dorsal root
How long is the spinal nerve?
It’s typically a very short structure
What happens to the spinal nerve once it exits the IVF?
once the spinal nerve exits the IVF, it begins to branch
What is a spinal segment?
The spinal cord is located in the vertebral foramen and is made up of 31 segments: 8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral and 1 coccygeal
What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?
-“Fight-or-flight response” -“Total body Response”
What is the function of the parasympathetic nervous system?
SLUDD: Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Digestion, and Defecation. Also includes sexual arousal, peristalsis, GIT secretions, mitosis, and Bronchoconstriction
Why does the sympathetic nervous system have a much more diffuse whole body
axons of preganglionic sympathetic neurons will synapse with many postganglionic neurons which then terminate in widely separated organs Innervation of adrenal medulla by preganglionic sympathetic neurons results in release of epinephrine and norepinephrine into the blood stream
What are some effects you would expect to see in a person under sympathetic stimulation?
-Mydriasis -Increase rate and force of contraction of heart -Dilation of coronary blood vessels -Elevation of blood glucose -Bronchodilation -Increase blood flow to skeletal muscle – dilate blood vessels -Cutaneous vasoconstriction -Constriction of blood vessels in digestive organs -Increased breakdown of stored fats -Piloerection -Diaphoresis – sweating - cholinergic -Ejaculation -Immune effects
Where do you find cerebral spinal fluid?
choroid plexus - found in wall of ventricles -Produce CSF
Where does the spinal cord begin? End?
Arises from brainstem at the foramen magnum and pairs down to just below L1 in adult. Spinal cord ends at conus medullaris
What is found in the grey and white matter of the brain and spinal cord?
Spinal Cord: Gray mater: nerve cell bodies - multipolar, central canal White mater: nerve cells - bundle of myelinated sensory and motor neurons Brain: Gray: cell bodies
Spinal Meninges: Dura Mater- External Layer
-Spinal dura continuous with cranial dura - in cranial cavity: one layer of dura IS fused to skull -In veterbral column: dura is NOT fused to bone - extradural space -Dural sac ends at S2-3 vertebral level -Dura portion of film terminals - attaches to coccyx
What is found in the grey and white matter of the brain and spinal cord?
Spinal Cord: Gray mater: nerve cell bodies - multipolar, central canal White mater: nerve cells - bundle of myelinated sensory and motor neurons Brain: Gray: cell bodies of axons White: myelinated axons
Ascending tracts carry___? Descending tracts carry____? (type of fiber) (afferent vs efferent)
Ascending tracts: carry Sensory information (afferent) Descending tracts: carry motor info. (efferent)
What are denticulate ligaments? Where can they be found?
ligaments only in spine attaching Pia mater to the dura mater - 20-22 sawtooth attachments of the Pia to the dura -serve to suspend the spinal cord within the dural sac -extend from the foramen magnum to T12-L1
Where does the meninges end?
dural sac (spine) ends at S2-3 vertebral level
What fibers are found at the spinoreticular tract? Gracile fasiculus? Cuneate fasciculus? Anterior corticospinal? Vestibulospinal?
Spinoreticular tract- Sensory Gracile fasiculus- Sensory Cuneate fasciculus- Sensory Anterior corticospinal- Motor Vestibulospinal- Motor
Know the difference between visceral motor, somatic motor, visceral afferent, somatic afferent
visceral motor- autonomic motor fibers to smooth muscle, cardiac, and glands somatic motor: Contraction of skeletal muscle visceral afferent- receptors in walls of blood vessels (smooth m), body organs, heart, glands, also in tongue, and nasal epithelium somatic afferent- receptors in skin, joints, skeletal muscle, also eye and ear
Spinal Meninges: Pia Mater- Deep Layer
-Thin delicate membrane -Denticulate ligaments
What fibers are found at the spinoreticular tract? Gracile fasiculus? Cuneate fasciculus? Anterior corticospinal? Vestibulospinal?
Spinoreticular tract- Sensory Gracile fasiculus- Sensory Cuneate fasciculus- Sensory Anterior corticospinal- Motor Vestibulospinal- Motor
Where does recurrent meningeal nerve come from? What structures does it innervate?
is a branch or rami of spinal nerve and typically more than one branch Innervates: -posterior aspect of IVD -posterior longitudinal ligament -anterior epidural veins -anterior aspect of the dura
What structure does the posterior rami innervate?
skin and intrinsic (epaxial) muscles of the back out to the level of the lateral column of the erector spinae group - carries sympathetic fibers to structures of the back - zygapophyseal joints
What structures does the anterior rami innervate?
the continuum of the spinal nerve once all branches have come off of it -It is the “Root” of the spinal nerve- called spinal nerve root, called ventral rami, anterior rams, or just nerve root -tissues innervated- supply motor, sensory, and sympathetic fibers to the anterior and lateral (hypaxial) muscles and skin of the neck and trunk and all the muscles and skin of LIMBS, including superficial back muscles - Form plexuses -T1-T12 ventral rami form the intercostal nerves
Where will you find the cervical plexus? Which nerves carry sensory and which carry motor fibers?
C1-C4(5) (mainly ventral rami of C2, 3 and 4) Sensory branches: carry afferent (GSA, GVA) info Transverse Cervical Nerve - C2, 3 - skin of anterior neck Supraclavicular Nerves - C3, 4 - 3 Lesser Occipital Nerve - C2 (C3) - Greater Auricular Nerve - C2, 3 - 2 branches anterior branch - skin over parotid salivary gland posterior branch - skin over the mastoid process and ear lobe Motor branches: carry efferent info Ansa cervicalis - C1, 2, 3 - motor to omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid Phrenic Nerve - C3, 4, 5 - motor to the diaphragm –“keeps the diaphragm alive”
