memo Flashcards
what are multipolar neurons?
“The steryotypical neuron”; has one axon and multiple dendrites and is most common in the CNS. (NOT a sensory neuron)
Examples:
motor cells in anterior and lateral horns of the spinal cord and autonomic ganglion cells
what is the function of somatamotor neurons (GSE)?
Function: conduct impulses to skeletal muscles of the body
Found in: anterior horns of the spinal cord or motor nuclei of cranial nerves.
what is the function of Visceromotor (GVE) neurons? What are their types?
Visceromotor (GVE) conduct impulses to glands, blood vessels, and smooth muscles.
Preganglionic sympathetic:found in the lateral horn of the spinal cord (IML in T1-L2).
Postganglionic: in the sympathetic ganglia.
Preganglionic parasympathetic located in parasympathetic nuclei of cranial nerves and sacral parasympathetic n. of the spinal cord (S2-S4).
Postganglionic neurons are found in parasympathetic ganglia.
(Viscero, so vitals, so glands and blood vessels)