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NERVES Flashcards

1
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Mixed nerves

A

Motor and sensory nerves

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2
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Motor nerves

A

axons with only motor neurons

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3
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sensory nerves

A

axons with only sensory neurons

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4
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how many spinal nerves?

A

31 pairs

almost all are mixed

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5
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how many cranial nerves?

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12 pairs

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6
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Spinal nerve

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Anterior root
Posterior root
Posterior root ganglion
Spinal nerve

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7
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Sensory info

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Travels into spinal cord POSTERIOR root

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8
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Motor info

A

travels out from spinal cord ANTERIOR root

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9
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Posterior horn

A

interneurons and sensory nerves

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10
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Lateral horn

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autonomic motor neurons

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11
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Nerve plexuses

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Brachial
Lumbar
Sacral

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12
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plexus

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intertwine to create a network of nerves

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13
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Bracial Plexus

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Radial nerve
Median nerve
Ulnar nerve

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14
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Ulnar nerve

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Motor:
hand muscles, a few finger flexors

Sensory:
skin on 1/2 of hand
temperature, pain, touch sensations start there then travel ulnar nerve to spinal cord and then to brain

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15
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Median nerve

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Motor:
forearm. pronation, wrist flexors, finger flexors, thumb movers

Sensory:
some of the hand. mainly fingers

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16
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Radial nerve

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Motor:
supinator, wrist extenders, thumb extenders, trcieps, brachiaradilis

Sensory:
Skin on back of arm, triceps, hand, knuckles

17
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Lumbar Plexus

A

Femoral nerve & Obturator nerve

18
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Femoral nerve

A

MMotor:
Quar, sactorius, iliopsoas, pectineus

Sensory:
front of thigh and moving medially down to foot

19
Q

Obturator Nerve

A

Motor:
Leg adductor

Sensory:
small medial side of thight

20
Q

Sacral Plexus

A

Tibial nerve & common fibular

21
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Tibial nerve

A

Motor:
Back of leg
hamstring
Plantor flexors

Sensory:
BOTTOM OF FOOT

22
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Common fibular nerve

A

Motor:
Front of leg, biceps femoris, fibularis muscles, tibias anterior, toe extenders

Sensory:
bottom half of leg, lateral area & front area and top of foot

23
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Cranial Nerves

A 
Olfactory
Optic
Oculomotor
Trochlear
Trigeminal
Abducens
Facial
Vestibulocochlear
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Accessory
Hypoglossal
24
Q

Olfactory nerve

A

CN I

Sensory: SMELL

25
Q

Optic

A

CN II

Sensory VISION

26
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Oculomotor

A

CN III
Motor
Move eyeballs & muscles in eyeballs

27
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Trochlear

A

CN IV

Muscles that move eyeballs

28
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Abducens

A

CN VI

muscles that move eyeballs

29
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Trigeminal

A

CN V
Sensory: info from head & face
Motor: chewing

30
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Facial

A

CN VII
Sensory: tongue, anterior, taste touch temp
Motor: facial expression

31
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Vestibulocochlear

A

CN VIII
Sensory:
equilibrium
hearing from cochlea

32
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glossopharyngeal

A

CN IX
Sensory: 1/3 posterior tongue: taste touch temp
Motor: throat muscles, swallowing

33
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vagus

A

CN X
Sensory: pharynx, larynx, esophagus, & viscera of the thorax and abdomen
Motor: Swallowing, autonomic info: heart, smooth muscle, glands

34
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accessory

A

CN XI
motor
neck and shoulder muscles

35
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hypoglossal

A

CN XII
Motor
muscles BELOW tongue, moving tongue

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