Nerve Fiber Types Flashcards
1
Q
Sensory fiber type
Muscle spindle afferents
A
Ia
2
Q
Sensory fiber type
Golgi tendon organs
A
Ib
3
Q
Sensory fiber type
Secondary afferents of muscle spindles
Touch and pressure
A
II
A-beta
4
Q
Sensory fiber type
Touch, pressure, fast pain, temperature
A
III
A delta
5
Q
Sensory fiber type
Pain and temperature (unmyelinated)
A
IV
C
6
Q
Sensory fiber type
Slow pain, post-ganglionic autonomic fibers
A
C
7
Q
Sensory fiber type
Pre ganglionic autonomic fibers
A
B
8
Q
Sensory fiber type
Motoneurons to intrafusal fibers (muscle spindles)
A
A-gamma
9
Q
Largest diameter
A
A alpha (Ia and Ib)
10
Q
Fastest
A
A alpha (Ia and Ib)
11
Q
Smallest
A
C
12
Q
Slowest
A
C
