Peripheral & Autonomic NS Flashcards
The ____ NS supplies the viscera, and the ____ NS supplies the body wall.
autonomic, somatic
What is referred pain?
Pain that comes from the viscera, but is projected onto the body wall & felt there.
There are ___ pairs of spinal nerves
31
There are _ cervical nerves
8
There are _ thoracic nerves
12
There are _ lumbar nerves
5
There are _ sacral nerves
5
There is _ coccygeal nerve
1
Afferents move ___ the spinal cord and efferents move ___ it.
afferents toward
efferents away from
the ____ ramus goes directly posteriorally
dorsal
the ____ ramus goes through muscle layers and anteriorally
ventral
the ____ cutaneous branch sends one part anteriorally and another part posteriorally, meeting up with other branches
lateral
Where does the spinal nerve emerge in the spinal cord?
the intervertebral foramen
The ____ surrounds the nerve
epineurium
the ____ surrounds the fascicle
perineurium
The ____ surrounds the axon
endoneurium
What is the reflex arc?
Allows you to respond to painful stimuli before it reaches the brain
The brachial plexus supplies the ___?
upper extremities
the lumbar plexus supplies the?
lower anterior abdominal wall, medial/anterior thigh, inguinal region
the lumbosacral plexus supplies the?
gluteal region, lower extremities, perineal region/genitals
the ___ plexus supplies the medial/anterior thigh and the ___ plexus supplies the lateral/posterior thigh
lumbar, lumbosacral
The brachial plexus creates these 5 nerves:
axillary, median, musculocutaneous, radial, ulnar
the lumbar plexus creates these 6 nerves:
Iliohypogastric Ilioinguinal Genitofemoral Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Femoral Obturator
the lumbosacral plexus creates these 6 nerves:
Tibial Common Peroneal Superior Gluteal Inferior Gluteal Pudendal Posterior Femoral Cutaneous
