Gross Anatomy 1 - PNS Revision Flashcards
What is the name for a collection of nerve cell bodies in the CNS?
Nucleus
What is the name for a collection of nerve cell bodies in the PNS?
Ganglion
What cells produce myelin in the CNS?
Oligodendrocytes
What cells produce myelin in the PNS?
Schwann cells
What are the 2 main types of neurones?
Multipolar
Unipolar
What defines a neurone as multipolar?
If it has 2 or more dendrites
What type of neurones are all motor neurones of skeletal muscles and the autonomic nervous system?
Multipolar
Are cell bodies in the CNS unipolar or multipolar?
Multipolar
What is another name for unipolar neurones?
Pseudounipolar
How do unipolar neurones differ from multipolar neurones?
They have a double process
Are cell bodies in the PNS unipolar or multipolar?
Unipolar
Do sensory neurones tend to be unipolar or multipolar?
Unipolar
What is the name for a collection of axons surrounded by connective tissue and blood vessels in the CNS and the PNS?
CNS = tract PNS = nerve
Do tracts tend to be single or multi-modality?
Single
Which of the cranial nerves are only sensory?
Olfactory (CN I)
Optic (CN II)
Vestibulocochlear (CN VIII)
Which of the cranial nerves are only motor?
Oculomotor (CN III) Trochlear (CN IV) Abducent (CN VI) Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
Where does CN I attach to the brain?
Forebrain
Where does CN II attach to the brain?
Forebrain
Where does CN III attach to the brain?
Midbrain
Where does CN IV attach to the brain?
Midbrain
Where does CN V attach to the brain?
Pons
Where does CN VI attach to the brain?
Junction between the pons and medulla
Where does CN VII attach to the brain?
Junction between the pons and medulla
where does CN VIII attach to the brain?
Junction between the pons and medulla
Where does CN IX attach to the brain?
Medulla
Where does CN X attach to the brain?
Medulla
Where does CN XI attach to the brain?
Spinal cord
Where does CNXII attach to the brain?
Medulla
How many spinal nerves are there?
31
How many cervical spinal nerves are there?
8
Where are spinal nerves found?
In intervertebral foramina
How does the spinal nerves connect with the soma?
Via rami
How does the spinal nerves connect with the spinal cord?
Via roots and rootlets
Do sensory axons pass from the spinal nerve into the anterior or posterior root/ rootlets/ horn?
Posterior
Do motor axons pass from the spinal cord into anterior or posterior horns/ rootlets/ roots?
Anterior
Are spinal nerves sensory, motor or mixed?
Mixed