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What bony cavities protects the central nervous system?

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Cranial cavity and vertebral canal

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What are the three layers of central nervous system membranes known as?

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Meninges

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The central nervous system is composed of what?

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Encephalon (brain) and spinal cord (medulla spinalis)

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What part of the nervous system is protected by bony cavities and meninges?

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Central nervous system

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The peripheral nervous system is composed of what?

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12 pairs of cranial nerves
36 pairs of spinal nerves
Nerves and trunks of the autonomic nerve system

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What is the functional division of the CNS?

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Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system

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The somatic nervous system controls what?

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Voluntary systems, skeletal muscles

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The autonomic nervous system controls what?

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Involuntary systems, visceral muscles, smooth and nonstriated muscles, heart, glands

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What makes up the somas in CNS?

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Grey matter, nucleus cortex

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What makes up the somas in PNS?

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Ganglion

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True or false: there are no nerves in the brain itself.

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True

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What does the axons in the CNS contain?

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White matter
Tract, funiculo, fasciculus, lemniscus, peduncle
Fibers: association, projection, commissural

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What do the axons of PNS contain?

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Nerves
Root, trunk, branch

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The somas and axons make up what in the CNS?

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Reticular formation

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What is the first (outer) layer of the nerve system during embryonic development? What does it develop into?

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Ectoderm
Develops into neural tissue and epidermis

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What is the second (middle) layer of the nerve system during embryonic development? What does it develop into?

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Mesoderm
Develops into somites that differentiate into skeletal and muscle tissues, blood vessels, dermis, and connective tissues

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What is the third (inner) layer of the nerve system during embryonic development? What does it develop into?

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Endoderm
Develops into epithelium of the digestive and respiratory systems, organs associated with the digestive system, such as liver and pancreas

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The neural plate is formed where during embryonic development?

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In the ectoderm, dorsal to the notochord of the mesoderm

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The cells in the neural plate form what?

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Neural groove

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The cells in the borders of the neural groove form what?

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Neural crests

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The cells of the neural crests will form most of what system, including what structures?

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Peripheral nervous system, including Ganglia and spinal nerves

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The cells remaining in the neural groove (those that do not form the neural crests) will close and form what?

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Neural tube

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The neural tube forms what system, including what structures?

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Central nervous system, including encephalon and spinal cord

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What is the pyramidal decussation of the spinal cord?

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Limit between spinal cord and brainstem
Place where the pyramidal fiber (Upper motor neurons) cross over to the opposite side of the spinal cord

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What is the medullary cone?
End of the spinal cord Located between L6 and L7 in dogs, S2 and S3 in cats
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The segments that gives origin to the nerves supplying the thoracic and pelvic limbs are called?
Intumescentiae
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Why is the spinal cord enlarged at the cervical and lumbar intumescences?
Due to the need for more neurons to send info to muscles
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The funiculi are composed of what?
Ascending and descending axon fibers
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The body of neurons are called what?
Somas
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The ventral root carries what type of signals to the spinal nerve?
Motor / efferent
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The dorsal root carries what type of signals to away from spinal nerve and towards CNS?
Sensory / afferent
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Afferent neurons are also called what?
Pseudounipolar neurons
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In the domestic dog, how many pairs of cervical spine nerves are there?
8 pairs
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In the domestic dog, how many pairs of thoracic spine nerves are there?
13 pairs
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In the domestic dog, how many pairs of lumbar spinal nerves are there?
7 pairs
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In the domestic dog, how many pairs of sacral spinal nerves are there?
3 pairs
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In the domestic dog, how many pairs of caudal spinal nerves are there?
5 pairs
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What are the vertebra of the cervical region?
C1-C5
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What are the vertebra of the cervical intumescence?
C6-T2
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What are the vertebra of the thoracolumbar region?
T3-L3
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What are the vertebra of the lumbosacral intumescence?
L4-S3
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What are the vertebra of the caudal segments?
Cd1-Cd5
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Define efferent
Motor impulse to a muscle that will stimulate the contraction of the muscle cells
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True or false: a motor neuron will travel in both the ventral and dorsal branches.
True
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What type of neuron is confined to the CNS?
Upper motor neuron
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What type of neuron has its cell body in the CNS but the axon in the periphery?
Lower motor neuron
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Afferent neurons are responsible for what?
Proprioception, tactile and nociception
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Tactile and nociception receptors are found where?
Skin, cornea, mucosa, hair/feather follicle, connective tissue
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Proprioception receptors are found where?
Tendons, ligaments, muscles, joints
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True or false: sensory neurons can travel to both the ventral and dorsal branches.
True
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A reflex comprises three parts. What are they?
Sensory input from a peripheral receptor Central connection in brain or spinal cord Output from lower motor neuron that connects to muscle via a neuromuscular junction
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Are the dorsal and ventral roots unidirectional or bidirectional?
Unidirectional
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What happens to a reflex if the upper motor neurons are damaged?
Reflexes will still be present; they may even be increased due to loss of inhibitory UMN influence (can cut UMN and still have function)
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What happens to the reflex if the lower motor neurons are damaged?
Damage in LMNs results in reduced/lost reflexes (lose function)
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Do motor nerves have some sort of sensory aspect?
Yes, all motor nerves contain proprioception afferent fibers

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