Introduction to Nervous System and Cranial Nerves Flashcards
Branches of the NS
Nervous System
Peripheral Central
Autonomic
Somatic
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
what is the peripheral NS
everything else that is not either the brain or the spinal cord - not C NS
autonomic
think it is automatic while somatic is voluntary eg. speech production
types of neurons
unipolar, bipolar, pseudounipolar, multipolar
what is a neuron
structural and functional unit of the NS
glial cells
- non- neuronal cells that provide service for the neurons eg. nourish, support and protect neurons
- CNS - astrocytes (blood brain barrier), oligodendrocytes (myelin sheath), ependymal cells (CSF, brain metabolism), microglia (infection and inflammation)- PNS - Schwann (myelin sheath), satellite (SNS/PNS), enteric (gut)
components of the CNS
cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord
cerebrum
- frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe
- primary motor cortex (frontal lobe)
- primary auditory cortex (temporal lobe) - hearing
- primary somatosensory cortex (parietal lobe) - sensations eg. touch
- Wernicke’s area (periotemple area) - comprehension of speech
- Broca’s area (frontal lobe) - productions of speech
cerebellum
coordinates human movement
what are nerves
- nerves transport to and from regions to connect to the CNS (sensory, motor or both)
spinal nerves
- spinal nerves - come from spinal cord and go out. both sensory and motor fibres
and exit and enter the CNS via the spinal cord
cranial nerves
nerves exit and enter the CNS via the cerebrum or brainstem can
be sensory (general and/or special) motor fibres or both sensory and motor
nerve fibre types
nerve fibre types
- motor (efferent) vs sensory (afferent) vs both
- general vs special
- visceral vs somatic
motor and sensory
- sensory fibres - from PNS to CNS (eg. touch of our skin, taste from our tongue)
- somatic sensory (from body wall) and visceral sensory (from organs)
- motor fibre - from CNS to PNS to effect muscles
- somatic motor (to body wall muscles) and visceral motor (to glands or organs)
all possible nerve fibre types / classification
- general somatic afferent
- general visceral afferent
- special somatic afferent
- special visceral afferent
- general somatic afferent
- general visceral efferent
epineurium
wraps around the entire nerve. It is comprised of many
fascicles, arteries, veins and adipose tissue
perineurium nerve fibre
bundles many nerve filaments into fascicles
endoneurium nerve fibre
wraps around each nerve filament
what nerve is sense of smell
olfactory
what nerve is ability to see
optic
what nerve is ability to move and blink your eyes
oculomotor
what nerve is the ability to move your eyes up and down/ back or forth
trochllear
what nerve is sensations in your face and cheeks, taste and jaw movements
trigeminal
what nerve involves ability to move your eyes
abducens
what nerve involves facial expressions and sense of tastr
facial