Hadzic's Chapter 1 Reading Flashcards
The cervical plexus originates from the
anterior rami of C1-C4
In Cervical Plexus, the anterior rami combines into
3 loops from which the deep and superficial branches arise
The neuron is the
basic functional unit responsible for the conduction of nerve impulses
Anatomy of a neuron
A typical neuron consists of a cell body (soma) that contains a large nucleus. The cell body is attached to several branching processes, called dendrites, and a single axon
Receive incoming messages
Dendrites
Conduct outgoing messages
axons
Peripheral nerves, axons are very long and slender. They
are also called
nerve fibers.
The individual nerve fibers that make up a nerve, like individual wires in an electric cable, are bundled together by
connective tissue.
Is an important part of the nerve
The connective tissue of a peripheral nerve
Which layer surround the ENTIRE NERVE and hold it loosely to the connective tissue?
Epineurium
Axons that bundles together within a nerve forms a ________surrounded by
Fascicle: perineurium
It is at this level that the nerve–blood barrier is located and constitutes the last protective barrier of the nerve tissue
Perineurium
Fine connective tissue within a fascicle that surrounds every individual nerve fiber or axon
Endoneurium
The nerves that make their exit through the skull are known as
cranial nerves, and there are 12 pairs of them.
The nerves that exit below the skull and between the vertebrae are called
spinal nerves, and there are 31 pairs of them
Each spinal nerve is formed by a
dorsal and a ventral root that come together at the level of the intervertebral foramen
Each spinal nerve supplies a specific segment of the body surface, known as a
dermatome.
A dermatome is an area of the skin supplied by
the dorsal (sensory) root of the spinal nerve
A myotome is the segmental innervation
of skeletal muscle by a ventral root of a specific spinal nerve
Other word for rami
Branch (smaller branch )
What are the four cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus, the (Le grand tout seul)
Lesser occipital nerve
greater auricular nerve
transverse cervical nerve
supraclavicular nerve.
The four cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus derived from
C2-C4