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Peripheral Nervous Flashcards

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Nerves and Scattered Ganglia

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Cranial Nerves (12)
Spinal Nerves (31)

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Sympathetic Nervous System
Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Special Senses

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  1. Eye (Vision)
  2. Ears (Hearing and Balance)
  3. Taste and Smell (Chemical Senses)
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Generalized Sense:

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Touch

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Spinal Nerves

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Axons
Schwann Cells
Connective Tissue

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Connective Tissue

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Endoneurium
Perineurium
Epineurium

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  • Bundle of nerve fibers attached to spinal cord
  • All are classified as mixed nerves
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SPINAL NERVES

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sensory fibers

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Dorsal root

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motor fibers

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Ventral root

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  • Group of nerve fibers from ventral rami of cervical, lumbar and sacral spinal nerves
  • is a network of intersecting nerves that serve the same
    part of the body
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Plexuses

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Plexuses

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  • I. Cervical Plexus
  • II. Brachial Plexus
  • III. Lumbar Plexus
  • IV. Sacral Plexus
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  • Formed by the first 4 cervical nerves (C1, C2, C3, C4)
  • This supplies the back and sides of the head and front of the neck with ordinary sensory fibers
  • Most important branch is the phrenic nerve composed of motor fibers supplying the diaphragm
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Cervical Plexus

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  • Lower 4 cervical nerves (C5, C6, C7, C8) and first thoracic (T1),
    which supplies the skin and muscles of the upper limb
  • With branches like the radial, ulnar, and median nerves
  • It passes above the first rib posterior to the clavicle and then enters the axilla.
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Brachial Plexus

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  • From L1 to L4 spinal nerves
  • Femoral nerve: supplies muscle and skin on the anterior aspect of the thigh
  • Obrutator nerve: supplies muscles and skin of medial aspect of thigh
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Lumbar Plexus

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  • From L4, L5, S1, S2 and S3 spinal nerves
  • The largest branch is called as “Sciatic Nerve”
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Sacral Plexus

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T1 – T11 spinal nerves

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Intercostal Nerves

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T12 spinal nerves

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Subcostal Nerves

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  • are 12 pairs of symmetrically arranged nerves attached to the brain
  • serve functions such as smell, sight, eye movement, and feeling in the face.
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Cranial Nerves

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  • Carry impulses towards the brain
  • Cranial Nerves: I, II, VIII
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Purely Sensory Nerves

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  • Carry impulses away from the brain
  • Cranial Nerves: III, IV, VI, XI, XII
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Purely Motor Nerves

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  • Carry both sensory and motor nerve fibers
  • Cranial Nerves: V, VII, IX, X
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Mixed Nerves

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  • Efferent peripheral nerve fibers distributed to smooth muscles, cardiac muscles and glands
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Autonomic Nervous System

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Autonomic Subdivisions

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  • Sympathetic
  • Parasympathetic
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  • Also called as Thoracolumbar Division
  • Actions are directed toward mobilizing the body’s energy for dealing with an increase in activity
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Sympathetic Division

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  • Also called as Craniosacral Division
  • Arises from the 3rd, 7th, 9th and 10th cranial nerves and from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sacral segments of the spinal cord
  • Action of this division conserve body energies
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Parasympathetic Division

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  • Injury to the brain due to involvement of its blood vessels
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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA / Stroke)

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  • Infection of the meninges
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Meningitis

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  • Manifestations of an abnormal discharge of nerve impulses from some part of the brain
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Seizure Disorders

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  • Increased in CSF pressure
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Hydrocephalus

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  • Complete loss of voluntary motor function due to dysfunction of nervous system
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Plegia

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  • Weakness of voluntary muscle activity due to dysfunction of nervous system
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Paresis

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32
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  • Caused by a virus that damages the anterior horn cells of the cord and the motor nuclei of the cranial nerves
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Infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis)

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33
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Patchy demyelinization in multiple areas of the nervous system involving sensory and motor fibers followed by replacement of the myelin by scarlike plaques

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Multiple Sclerosis

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  • Cavitation of the central canal of the spinal cord and excessive multiplication of neuroglia in the gray substance around it
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Syringomyelia

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  • Injury to one half of the spinal cord and involving neuronal groups and nerve tracts
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J. Brown-Sequard Syndrome

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  • disabling senile dementia, the loss of reasoning and ability to care for oneself
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K. Alzheimer’s Disease

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Outer fibrous layer

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sclera and cornea

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38
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Middle vascular layer or uveal tract

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Iris, Choroid and Ciliary Body

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39
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Inner nervous tissue layer

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retina

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  • white of the eye forms the outermost layer of the eyeball
    -Consists of a firm fibrous membrane that maintains the shape of the eye
    -Gives attachment to the extrinsic muscles of the eye
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Sclera

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-as a clear transparent epithelial membrane
-Light rays pass through the cornea to reach the retina

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cornea

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  • Lines the posterior five-sixths of the inner surface of the sclera.
  • Very rich in blood vessels
  • Deep chocolate brown in color.
  • Light enters the eye through the pupil, stimulates the sensory receptors in the retina and is then absorbed by the choroid
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Choroid

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  • The anterior continuation of the choroid consisting of ciliary muscle (smooth muscle fibers) and secretory epithelial cells.
  • Acts like a sphincter
  • Lens is attached to the ciliary body by radiating suspensory ligaments, like the spokes of a wheel
  • Supplied by parasympathetic branches of the oculomotor nerve (3rd cranial nerve).
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Ciliary Body

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  • Visible colored ring at the front of the eye lying behind the cornea and in front of the lens.
  • Composed of pigment cells and two layers of smooth muscle fibers - one circular and the other radiating
  • In the center is an aperture called the pupil.
  • Parasympathetic stimulation constricts the pupil and sympathetic stimulation dilates it
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Iris

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  • Highly elastic circular biconvex body, immediately behind the pupil.
    *Thickness is controlled by the ciliary muscle through the suspensory ligament.
    *Lens bends (refracts) light rays reflected by objects in front of the eye - only structure in the eye that can vary its refractory power, which is achieved by changing its thickness.
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Lens

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*Innermost lining of the eye
*Extremely delicate structure and well adapted for stimulation by light rays
*Composed of several layers of nerve cell bodies and their axons - sensory receptor cells, rods and cones

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Retina

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*Composed of several layers of nerve
cell bodies and their axons

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sensory receptor cells, rods and cones

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  • Near the center of the posterior part is the macula lutea, or yellow spot -little depression called the fovea centralis, consisting of only cones
    *small area of retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye is the optic disc or blind spot-no light sensitive cells
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Retina

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Chambers of the eye

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  • Anterior chamber
  • Posterior chamber
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Anterior chamber

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▪Front of lens
▪Filled with aqueous humor

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Posterior chamber

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▪Behind lens
▪Contains vitreous humor

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▪Skin, muscle, and connective tissue
▪Blinking
✓Prevents surface from drying out
✓Keeps foreign material out of eye

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Eyelids

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▪Eye sockets
▪Form a protective shell around the eyes

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Eye orbits

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Mucous membranes
▪Line inner surfaces of eyelids

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Conjunctivas

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▪Six per eye - move the eyeball
✓Superiorly
✓Inferiorly
✓Laterally
✓Medially

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*Extrinsic eye muscles

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Lacrimal apparatus

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▪Lacrimal glands
▪Nasolacrimal ducts

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▪Lacrimal glands

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✓Lateral edge of eyeballs
✓Produce tears

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▪Nasolacrimal ducts

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✓Medial aspect of eyeballs
✓Drain tears into nose

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cornea, lens, and fluids bend light to focus it on the retina

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Refraction

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impairment of distance vision
▪Eyeball is too long
▪Light focuses anterior to retina
▪ Snellen chart
▪Normal vision
* 20/20

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impairment of near vision
▪Eyeball is shorter
▪Light focused posterior to retina
▪Test using a handheld chart with various sizes of print

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▪ Impairment due to aging
▪Loss of lens elasticity

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Presbyopia

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▪ Distinguish shades of gray
▪ Testing
* Pelli-Robson contrast sensitivity chart
* Vistech Consultants vision contrast system
▪ Detect cataracts or retinal problems before sharpness is
impaired

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Contrast sensitivity

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▪ Color-blindness
* May be inherited
* More common in males
▪ Tests
* Ishihara color system
* Richmond pseudoisochromatic color test
▪ Difficulties may indicate retinal or optic nerve disease

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Color vision

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Lazy eye; one eye is not used regularly;
poor depth perception; often concurrent
with strabismus

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Cornea or lens has abnormal shape;
blurred images

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Astigmatism

67
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Opaque structures in lens prevent light
from passing through; vision fuzzy

68
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Pink eye; highly contagious bacterial infection

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Conjunctivitis

69
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Common problem; decreased
production of oil in tears

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Dry eye syndrome

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Inversion of lower eyelid

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Increase in intraocular pressure due to
a buildup of aqueous humor in anterior
chamber

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Farsightedness

73
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Progressive disease; inadequate blood supply to
retina; most common cause of vision loss; affects people
over 50 years

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Macular degeneration

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Nearsightedness

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Rapid, involuntary eye movements

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Loss of lens elasticity; develops
with age

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Presbyopia

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Layers of retina separate; medical
emergency

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Retinal detachment

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Misalignment of eyes Crossed eyes; one or both eyes
turn inward Wall eye; one or both eyes turn outward

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Strabismus

79
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Many animals secrete odorous chemicals called

A

pheromones

80
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▪the sensory nerves of smell

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Olfactory receptors (Olfactory nerves /first cranial nerves)

81
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respond to changes in chemical concentrations
✓Chemicals must be dissolved in mucus - located in the olfactory
organ
✓Stimulate the olfactory chemoreceptors

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Chemoreceptors

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concentrates volatile molecules in the roof of the nose- increases the number of olfactory receptors stimulated and thus perception of the smell.

83
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*Inflammation of the nasal mucosa prevents odorous substances
from reaching the olfactory area of the nose, causing loss of the
sense of smell
▪The usual cause is a cold

84
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*Chemical can stimulate receptors for limited time
*Receptors fatigue and stop responding to chemical
* No longer smell odor

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Sensory Adaptation

85
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found in the papillae of the tongue

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Taste buds contain chemoreceptor

86
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Small sensory nerve endings of the glossopharyngeal,
facial and vagus nerves

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cranial nerves VII, IX and X

87
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where taste is perceived

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Parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex

88
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How many taste buds are located on the tongue soft plate, pharynx, and larynx

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Nearly 10,000

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A single, long microvillus, projects from each receptor cell to the surface through the taste pore

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Gustatory Hair

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About 12 very large, form a row at the back of the tongue each houses 100-300 taste buds

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Vallate Papillae

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are mushroom shaped and are scattered over the entire surface of the tongue containing about 5 taste buds each

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Fungiform Papillae

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are located in small trenches on the lateral margins of the tongue, ut most of their taste buds degenerates in early childhood

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Foliate Papillae

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The entire surface of the tongue has it and contains tactile receptors but no taste buds

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Filiform Papillae

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serves taste buds in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue

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Facial (VII) nerve

95
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serves taste buds in the posterior1/3 of the tongue

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Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve

96
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Taste cells and supporting structures

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  • On taste buds
  • Supporting structures fill in space
  • Taste cells
    *Chemoreceptors
    *Chemicals in food and drink
    must be dissolved in saliva to
    activate
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the process of hearing, is accomplished by the organs of the ear

98
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which uses air to collect and channel sound waves

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External Ear

99
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which uses a bony system to amplify sound vibrations

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Middle Ear

100
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which generates action potentials to transmit sound and balance information to the brain

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Internal Ear

101
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serves taste buds in the throat and epiglottis

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Vagus (X) nerve

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*External ear

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  • Auricle (pinna)
  • External auditory canal
103
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*External ear

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  • Auricle (pinna)
  • External auditory canal* Tympanic membrane
  • Tympanic membrane
104
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  • Collects sound waves
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Auricle (pinna)

105
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  • Guides sound wave to tympanic
    membrane
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External auditory canal

106
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  • Separates external canal and middle ear
  • Vibrates when sound hits it
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Tympanic membrane

107
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  • Middle ear
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  • Ear ossicles
  • Eustachian tube
  • Oval window
108
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  • Ear ossicles
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  • Malleus
  • Incus
  • Stapes
109
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  • Ossicles vibrate in response to vibration of tympanic membrane
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Ear ossicles

110
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  • Connects middle ear to throat
  • Equalizes pressure on eardrum
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Eustachian tube

111
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  • Separates middle ear from inner ear
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Oval window

112
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labyrinth of communicating chambers

113
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detect balance of the body

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Semicircular canals

114
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equilibrium

115
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Hearing receptors

116
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organ of hearing

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Organ of Corti

117
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  • Startled by loud noises
  • Recognize mother’s voice
A

Infants to 4 months

118
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  • Regularly follow sounds
  • Babble at people
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4 to 8 months

119
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  • Respond to the sound of their name
  • Respond to “no
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8 to 12 months

120
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Effects of Aging to the Ears

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*External ear larger / earlobe longer
*Cerumen dryer and prone to impaction
*Ear canal narrower
*Eardrum shrinks and appears dull and gray
* Ossicles do not move as freely
* Semicircular canals less sensitive to changes in position
– affects balance

121
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`Effects of Aging to the Ears

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*External ear larger / earlobe longer
*Cerumen dryer and prone to impaction
*Ear canal narrower
*Eardrum shrinks and appears dull and gray
* Ossicles do not move as freely
* Semicircular canals less sensitive to changes in position
– affects balance

122
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`Effects of Aging to the Ears

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*External ear larger / earlobe longer
*Cerumen dryer and prone to impaction
*Ear canal narrower
*Eardrum shrinks and appears dull and gray
* Ossicles do not move as freely
* Semicircular canals less sensitive to changes in position
– affects balance

123
Q

Symptom of a disease, not a normal part
of aging

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Hearing Loss

124
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Hearing Loss

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  • Conductive hearing loss
  • Sensorineural hearing loss
125
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  • Interruption in transmission to inner ear
  • Causes
  • Obstruction of ear canal
  • Infection of middle ear
  • Reduced movement of stirrup
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Conductive hearing loss

126
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  • Sound waves not perceived by brain as sound
  • Causes
  • Hereditary
  • Repeated exposure to loud noises/viral infections
  • Side effect of medication
A

Sensorineural hearing loss

127
Q

causes damage to sensitive cells in
cochlea

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Noise pollution

128
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Hearing tests

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*Tuning forks
*Audiometer

129
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differentiate between types of loss

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Tuning forks

130
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measures hearing acuity

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Audiometer

131
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Diagnostic testing

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Tympanometry

132
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  • Measures the ability of the eardrums to move
  • Detects diseases and abnormalities of the middle ear
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Tympanometry

133
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Build up of wax within external auditory canal

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Cerumen impaction

134
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Deafness

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Hearing loss

135
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Disturbance in equilibrium characterized by vertigo and
tinnitus

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Ménière’s disease

136
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Inflammation of the ear

137
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Swimmers’ ear

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Otitis externa

138
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Middle ear infection; common infection

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Otitis media

139
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Labyrinthitis; inner ear infection

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Otitis interna

140
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Immobilization of the stapes; common cause of conductive hearing loss

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Otosclerosis

141
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Hearing loss due to aging process

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Presbycusis

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