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3rd Year - Neurology > Gross Anatomy 1 - PNS Revision > Flashcards

Gross Anatomy 1 - PNS Revision Flashcards

1
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What is the name for a collection of nerve cell bodies in the CNS?

A

Nucleus

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What is the name for a collection of nerve cell bodies in the PNS?

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Ganglion

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3
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What cells produce myelin in the CNS?

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Oligodendrocytes

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4
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What cells produce myelin in the PNS?

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Schwann cells

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5
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What are the 2 main types of neurones?

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Multipolar

Unipolar

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6
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What defines a neurone as multipolar?

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If it has 2 or more dendrites

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7
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What type of neurones are all motor neurones of skeletal muscles and the autonomic nervous system?

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Multipolar

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8
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Are cell bodies in the CNS unipolar or multipolar?

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Multipolar

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9
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What is another name for unipolar neurones?

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Pseudounipolar

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10
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How do unipolar neurones differ from multipolar neurones?

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They have a double process

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11
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Are cell bodies in the PNS unipolar or multipolar?

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Unipolar

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12
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Do sensory neurones tend to be unipolar or multipolar?

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Unipolar

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13
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What is the name for a collection of axons surrounded by connective tissue and blood vessels in the CNS and the PNS?

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CNS = tract
PNS = nerve
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14
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Do tracts tend to be single or multi-modality?

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Single

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15
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Which of the cranial nerves are only sensory?

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Olfactory (CN I)
Optic (CN II)
Vestibulocochlear (CN VIII)

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16
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Which of the cranial nerves are only motor?

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Oculomotor (CN III)
Trochlear (CN IV)
Abducent (CN VI)
Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)
Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
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17
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Where does CN I attach to the brain?

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Forebrain

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18
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Where does CN II attach to the brain?

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Forebrain

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19
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Where does CN III attach to the brain?

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Midbrain

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20
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Where does CN IV attach to the brain?

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Midbrain

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21
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Where does CN V attach to the brain?

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Pons

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22
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Where does CN VI attach to the brain?

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Junction between the pons and medulla

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23
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Where does CN VII attach to the brain?

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Junction between the pons and medulla

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24
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where does CN VIII attach to the brain?

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Junction between the pons and medulla

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25
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Where does CN IX attach to the brain?

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Medulla

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26
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Where does CN X attach to the brain?

A

Medulla

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27
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Where does CN XI attach to the brain?

A

Spinal cord

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28
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Where does CNXII attach to the brain?

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Medulla

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29
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How many spinal nerves are there?

A

31

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30
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How many cervical spinal nerves are there?

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8

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31
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Where are spinal nerves found?

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In intervertebral foramina

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32
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How does the spinal nerves connect with the soma?

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Via rami

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33
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How does the spinal nerves connect with the spinal cord?

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Via roots and rootlets

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34
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Do sensory axons pass from the spinal nerve into the anterior or posterior root/ rootlets/ horn?

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Posterior

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35
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Do motor axons pass from the spinal cord into anterior or posterior horns/ rootlets/ roots?

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Anterior

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36
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Are spinal nerves sensory, motor or mixed?

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Mixed

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37
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What type of nerve supply does each spinal nerve supply a body segment with? (3)

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General sensory -> all structures
Somatic motor -> skeletal muscles
Sympathetic nerve -> skin and smooth muscle of arterioles

38
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What is a dermatome?

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An area of skin supplied with sensory innervation from a single spinal nerve

39
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If an area of the body wall is numb, have you injured one or more than one nerve?

A

More than one (innervation of skin my adjacent spinal nerves shows overlap)

40
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What is a myotome?

A

Skeletal muscles supplied with motor innervation from a single spinal nerve

41
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Which dermatome covers the adam’s apple and back of the scalp?

42
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What dermatome covers the back of the neck and jugular notch?

43
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What dermatome covers the clavicle and shoulder tip?

44
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What dermatome covers the superior half of the arm when the arm is outstreched - AKA badge patch area?

45
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What dermatome covers the superior half of the forearm when the arm is outstretched down to the thumb and front of the index finger?

46
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what dermatome covers the middle finger and back of the index finger (+ corresponding area of the palm)?

47
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What finger covers the pinky and ring finger (+corresponding area of the palm)?

48
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What dermatome covers the medial forearm?

49
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What dermatome covers the medial arm and sternal angle?

50
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What dermatome falls over the male nipple?

51
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What dermatome falls over the umbilicus?

52
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What dermatome covers the groin?

53
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What dermatome covers the anterior thigh and middle area of the lower back?

54
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What dermatome covers the inner thigh, front of the knee and bottom area of the lower back?

55
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What dermatome covers the inner portion of the leg to the medial malleolus?

56
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What dermatome covers the outer portion of the leg and most of the inner foot?

57
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What dermatome covers the outer portion of the foot and heel (extending slightly up the leg)?

58
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What dermatome covers a back portion of the leg, back of the knee and back of the thigh?

59
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What dermatome covers the buttock?

60
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What dermatome covers the perineum?

61
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What dermatomes covers the perianal skin?

62
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What is the name for intermingled anterior rami from a number of adjacent spinal nerves?

A

Nerve plexuses

63
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What spinal nerves contribute to the cervical plexus?

64
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What structures does the cervical plexus supply?

A

Posterior scalp, neck and diaphragm

65
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What spinal nerves contribute to the brachial plexus?

66
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What structure does the brachial plexus supply?

A

Upper limb

67
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What spinal nerves contribute to the lumbar plexus?

68
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What structure does the lumbar plexus supply?

A

Lower limb

69
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What spinal nerves contribute to the sacral plexus?

70
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What structures does the sacral plexus contribute to?

A

Lower limb, gluteal region and perineum

71
Q

What is the other name given to sympathetic outflow?

A

Thoracolumbar outflow

72
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Where do sympathetic fibres pass down in the spinal cord?

A

Lateral horns

73
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Where do sympathetic fibres pass from the spinal nerves?

A

To the sympathetic chain

74
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Where do sympathetic fibres pass from the sympathetic chain?

A

Into all anterior and posterior rami to supply the body wall

Into splanchnic nerves to supply organs

75
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Do the sympathetic fibres travelling into splanchnic nerves synapse in the symapathetic chain?

A

Yes, unless they are supplying abdominopelvic viscera via abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves

76
Q

Where do presynaptic sympathetic axons travelling to the heart synapse?

A

T1 or cervical paravertebral ganglia

77
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What is the name of the splanchnic nerves which carry postsynaptic sympathetic axons to the heart and lungs?

A

Cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves

78
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Where do presynaptic sympathetic axons passing to the lungs synapse?

A

In upper thoracic paravertebral ganglions

79
Q

Where are the prevertebral ganglia located?

A

Over the abdominal aorta

80
Q

what is the name of the prevertebral ganglion for foregut nerves?

A

Celiac ganglion

81
Q

What is the name of the prevertebral ganglion for kidney nerves?

A

Aorticorenal ganglion

82
Q

What is the name of the prevertebral ganglion for midgut nerves?

A

Superior mesenteric ganglion

83
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What is the name of the prevertebral ganglion for hindgut and pelvic/ perineal organ nerves?

A

Inferior mesenteric ganglion

84
Q

Where do presynaptic sympathetic axons supplying the adrenal medulla synapse?

A

Directly onto the adrenaline/ noradrenaline secreting cells

85
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How do presynaptic parasympathetic axons leave the CNS?

A

Via CNs III, VII, IX nad X

Via sacral spinal nerves

86
Q

How do parasympathetic travel to the eye?

A

Via the ciliary ganglion

87
Q

How do parasympathetic travel to the lacrimal gland and salivary glands?

A

Via the parasympathetic ganglia in the head

88
Q

How do parasympathetic travel to the organs of the neck, chest and abdomen as far as the mid-gut?

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Via the vagus nerve (synapses on the organ)

89
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How do parasympathetic travel to the hindgut, pelvis and perineum?

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Via the sacral spinal nerves (synapses on the organs)

90
Q

What dermatome covers the xiphoid process?

91
Q

What dermatome covers the pubic symphysis?

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