Head and neck: Cervical plexus, nerves, symp. supply Flashcards
types of fibres: main
- motor
- sensory
- autonomic
fibre types: list (7)
- GSA
- GSE
- GVA
- GVE
- SVA
- SVE
- SSA
CNS div: somatic part
- body
- innervate skin and skeletal mm
- derived from somites in embryo
- receiving and responding to info from ext env.
CNS div: visceral part
- organs
- innervates organs, smooth mm, glands
- receives and responds to info from internal env.
spinal nerve: features
- part of PNS
- mixed: sensory, motor, autonomic
- transmit signals from spinal cord to end organ and back
- modulated by CNS
flow of spinal nerve from smallest:
rootlets - root - spinal nerve - plexus
spinal nerve: how many pairs
- 31
spinal n: detail of pairs
- 8 cervical
- 12 thoracic
- 5 lumbar
- 5 sacral
- 1 coccygeal
spinal nerve: emerges from
- intervertebral foramen
- btw pedicles of adjacent vertebra
rootlets unite to form nerve roots: called
- anterior root
- post root
anterior root: which from ant horn
- motor efferent fibres (from ant horn to effector organ)
anterior root: which from lateral horn
- autonomic from lateral horns
posterior root: which from post horn
- sensory afferent fibres from sensory receptors
dermatome:
- area of skin innervated by spinal n
myotome:
- area of mm innervated by spinal n
define plexus:
- branching network of intersecting spinal nerves
which spinal n do not create plexus:
T1 - T12
list spinal n plexuses:
- cervical
- brachial
- lumbar
- sacral
- coccygeal
nerves incl in: cervical plexus
C1-C4
nerves incl in: brachial plexus
C5-T1
nerves incl in: lumbar plexus
L1-4
nerves incl in: sacral plexus
ranging from L4 to S4
cervical plexus: features
- 8 paired cervical n
- 1st four: inn head and neck region
- ventral rami of C1 to C4
cervical plexus: supply
- skin of head and neck
- skin of sup part of shoulders and chest
- infrahyoid mm