Lecture 6: Nervous System Introduction, Brachial Plexus Flashcards
What are the functions of the nervous system?
sensory
motor
cognitive
What is the central nervous system?
unpaired, bilaterally symmetrical structures extending along the longitudinal axis of the midsagittal plane of the body.
What structure arises directly from the neural tube?
Central nervous system
What makes up the CNS?
brain and spinal cord
What is the peripheral nervous system?
made up of transmission pathways carrying information between the CNS and external/internal environments
What does the afferent pathway do?
carry information to the CNS (sensory)
What does the efferent pathway do?
Carry information from the CNS (motor)
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
12
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
31
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Entirely motor, innervates smooth muscle and glands
What are the divisions of the autonomic nervous system?
sympathetic or parasympathetic
What are the stages of neural tube development?
neural plate, neural folds, neural tube
What are the subdivisions of the cranial end of the neural tube?
tripartite brain and pentapartite brain
What are the stages of the brain development?
prosencephalon, mesencephalon, rhombencephalon
What are the parts of the prosencephalon?
telencephalon and diencephalon
What are the parts of the rhombencephalon?
mesencephalon and myelencephalon
What are the derivatives of the telencephalon?
lateral ventricles, basal ganglia, olfactory lobes and nerves, cerebral hemispheres
What are the derivatives of the diencephalon?
third ventricle, epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus and infundibulum
What are the derivatives of the mesencephalon?
cerebral aqueduct (of Sylvius), tectum: corpora bigemina in lower vertebraes corpora quadrigemina in higher vertebraes, tegmentum