Final Neuro Flashcards
Afferent neurons
Sensory
Efferent neuron
Motor
Brain coverings
Bony skill
Dura mater
Arachnoid membrane
Pia mater
(Need to know order)
Brain Cushioning
Subdural space
Subarachnoid space (contains CSF)
Cerebral Spinal Fluid
Serves as cushion
Baths brain with nutrients
Made in choroid plexus
Descending pathway
Brain to body
From motor cortex
Produces motor movement
Ascending pathway
Body to brain
To the sensory cortex
Produces sensation
Peripheral nerves
8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
1 coccygeal
Cervical nerve roots
Named for the lower segment
Ex: C6 nerve root is at the C5-C6 nerve junction
Lumbar Nerve roots
Named for the upper segment
Ex: the L4 nerve root is located at the L4-L5 nerve junction
Autonomic Nervous System
Made up of the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems
Anterolateral Afferent/Sensory Tract
Meant to be pleasurable
Controls pain, temp, crude vs light tough, itch, tickle, sexual sensation
Posterior Afferent/Sensory Tract
Meant to keep you alive
Controls position sense, discriminative touch, vibration sense, stereognosis, graphesthesia
Anatomy of anterolateral sensory tract
Small caliber axons
Unmyelinated or lightly myelinated -> slow conduction
Cell bodies in contraleral dorsal horn (crosses over and goes up/down cord)
Anatomy of posterior sensory tract
Large caliber axons
Heavily myelinated -> fast conduction
Cell bodies in ipsilateral dorsal horn (goes up same side that they enter/exit)
Efferent/Motor Tracts anatomy
Cell bodies in contralateral motor cortex
Fibers cross in pyramidal decussation (medulla)
Synapses with ipsilateral interneurons
Influences the activity of the lower motor neurons
Voluntary control of muscle movements
Cranial Nerve I
Olfactory nerve (S)
Smell
Cranial Nerve II
Optic nerve (S)
Vision
Cranial Nerve III
Oculomotor Nerve (M)
Upward, downward, medial eye movement, lid elevation and pupil constriction
Cranial Nerve IV
Trochlear Nerve (M)
Downward, medial eye movement
Cranial Nerve V
Trigeminal Nerve (S M)
Face, scalp, nasal mucosa, baccalaureate mucosa, (S)
Haw muscle, master muscle, temporal, digastric muscle (M)
Cranial Nerve VI
Abducens (M)
Lateral eye movement
Cranial Nerve VII
Facial nerve (S M)
External ear, taste front 2/3 tongue (S)
Facial movement, scalp, salivation, lacrimation (M)
Cranial Nerve VIII
Acoustic nerve (S)
Cochlear hearing