Neurology B Flashcards
difference between meninges of spinal cord and brain
No cavum epidurale
Thickest nerve of body
n. ischiadicus
largest nerve in plexus brachialis
n. radialis
Two enlargements in spinal cord
Intumescentia cervicales
Intumescentia lumbales
parts of encephalon
Telencephalon
Diencephalon
Mescencephalon
Metencephalon
Mylencephalon (medulla oblongata)
Place where you can find CSF
Spaces
-Cavum subdurale
-Cavum subarachnoidea
-Canalis centralis
Chambers
-Ventriculus Lateralis (x2)
-Ventriculus Tertius
-Ventriculus Quartus
nerves that also have parasympathetic fibres (cranial nerves)
- n. Oculomotorius
- n. Facialis
- n. Glossopharyngeus
- n. Vagus
Difference in sympathetic/parasympathetic systems
Sympathetic
-Fight or flight
-Maintains homeostasis
Parasympathetic
-Rest and digest
-Feed and breed
-Regulates unconscious activity
composition of cardiac plexus
Sympathetic fibres
-nn. cardiaci cervicales
-nn. cardiaci thoracicae
Parasympathetic fibres
-n.depressor
-Rami cardiaci
Nerves of the cardiac plexus
nn. accelerantes cordis - sympathetic
nn. depressores cordis et nn. Retardentes - parasympathetic
largest plexus in abdominal part of sympathetic trunk
Plexus coeliacus/plexus solaris
(same thing)
parasympathetic nuclei of cranial nerves
- n. Oculomotorius
- n. Facialis
- n. Glossopharyngeus
- n. Vagus
Compostion of vagina carotica
Truncus Vagosympathicus
A. Carotis Communis
V. Jugularis Interna (absent in Equine, goats and sheep)
Truncus Trachialis
n. Laryngeus Recurrens
lnn. cervicales profundi
Three levels of intramural system
Subserosal nerve plexus
Myenteic nerve plexus
Submucosal nerve plexus
structures that dura mater encephali makes
Falx cerebri
Tentorium cerebelli
Diaphragma sellae
