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Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards

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Peripheral Nervous System

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consists of cranial and spinal nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord to all body parts

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divisions of peripheral nervous system

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sensory (afferent) division
motor (efferent) division

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motor (efferent) division

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*motor neurons activate effectors by releasing neurotransmitters
*effectors include skeletal muscle, visceral muscle, and glands

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sensory (afferent) division

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specialized to respond to changes in environment
*awareness of stimulus (sensation) and interpretation of meaning of stimulus (perception) occur in brain

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general senses

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*receptors that are widely distributed throughout the body (skin, organs, joints)
*includes tactile sensation (touch, pressure, stretch, vibration) temperature, pain, muscle sense

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special senses

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more specialized receptors found in places like the eyes and ears

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major types of receptors

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chemoreceptors
pain receptors
thermoreceptors
mechanoreceptors
proprioceptors
baroreceptors
stretch receptors
photoreceptors

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chemoreceptors

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*respond to changes in chemical concentrations
*sense of smell and taste
*internal chemoreceptors detect changes in concentration of oxygen, hydrogen, ions, glucose, and other chemicals in the blood

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pain receptors

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*respond to tissue damage
*triggered by mechanical, electrical, thermal, or chemical energy
*receptors adapt poorly, may send impulse to CNS for some time
*may exhibit referred pain-pain that seems to come from another part of body

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fast pain fibers

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*thin, myelinated
*conduct impulses rapidly
*associated with sharp pain
*well localized areas of the skin

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slow pain fibers

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*thin, unmylinated
*conducts impulses more slowly
*associated with dull aching pain
*usually visceral and difficult to pinpoint

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thermoreceptors

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respond to changes in temperature

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mechanoreceptors

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respond to mechanical forces

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proprioceptors

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sense change in tension of muscles and tendons

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baroreceptors

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detect changes in blood pressure

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stretch receptors

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sense degree of inflation in lungs

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photoreceptors

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found in eyes, respond to light

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sensory impulses

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*stimulation of receptor causes local change in the receptor membrane

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sensory adaptation

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*ability to ignore unimportant or continuous stimuli
*involves decrease response to particular stimulus from the receptor

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exteroceptive sense

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sense associated with body surface
touch, pressure, temperature, pain

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interoceptive sense

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sense associated with changes in viscera
blood pressure, stretching blood vessels

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proprioceptive sense

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senses associated with changes in muscle and tendons

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touch and pressure receptors

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receptors sensitive to mechanical forces
*nonencapsulated nerve endings
*tactile (meissners) corpuscles
*lamellated (pacinian) corpuscles

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nonencapsulated (free) nerve endings

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*detect touch and pressure
*common in epithelial tissues
*responsible for the sensation of itching

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tactile (meissners) corpusle

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*detects light touch
*abundant in hairless portion of skin
*lips, fingertips, palms

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lamellated (paninian) corpuscles

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*detect heavy pressure
*common in deeper subcutaneous tissue, tendons, ligaments, and joints

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temperature receptors

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warm receptors (77f-113f)
cold receptors (50f-68f)

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proprioceptors

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*mechanoreceptors send information to spinal cord and brain about body position and length and tension of muscles
*lamellated (pancinian) corpulscles
*muscle spindle
*golgi tendon organs

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muscle spindle

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*found in skeletal muscle
*intrafusal fibers
*when fibers are stretch, impulse is sent
*helps maintain posture

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golig tendon organs

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*found in tendons
*opposite of stretch reflex
*detects increase tension of muscle and sends impulse

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sensory nerves

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conduct impulses to brain or spinal cord

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motor nerves

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nerves involved in motor control

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mixed nerves

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nerves that involve both sensory and motor

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cranial and spinal nerve subdivisions

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general somatic efferent fibers
general visceral efferent fibers
general somatic afferent fibers
general visceral afferent fibers
special somatic efferent fibers
special somatic afferent fibers
special visceral afferent fibers

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general somatic efferent fibers

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carry motor impulses from CNS to skeletal muscels

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general visceral efferent fibers

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carry motor impulses away from CNS to smooth muscles and glands

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general somatic afferent fibers

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carry sensory impulses to CNS from skin and skeletal muscles

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general visceral afferent fibers

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carry sensory impulses to CNS from blood vessels and internal organs

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special somatic efferent fibers

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carry motor impulses from brain to muscles used in chewing, swallowing, speaking, and forming facial expressions

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special visceral afferent fibers

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carry impulses to brain from olfactory and taste receptors

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special somatic afferent fibers

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carry impulses to brain from receptors of sight, hearing , and equilibrium

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cranial nerves

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12 pairs of cranial nerves

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olfactory nerves (I) sensory

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smell- nose to olfactory bulbs of the cerebral cortex

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optic nerve (II) sensory

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sight- eyes to cerebral cortex

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oculomotor (III) motor

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eye and eyelid movement, pupil reactions

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trochlear (IV) motor

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smallest of the cranial nerves, eye movement

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trigeminal (V) mixed

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*largest of cranial nerves
sensory:
*ophthalmic division- surface of eye, tear gland, anterior scalp, forehead, and eyelid on pons
*maxillary division- upper teeth gum, and lip, as well as mucous lining of mouth and facial skin to pons
*mandibular division- scalp behind ears, skin of jaw, lower teeth, lower gums, and lower lip to pons
motor:
part of mandibular division- pons to jaw muscles (chewing)

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abducens (VI) motor

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eye movements
pons to external eye muscles

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facial (VII) mixed

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sensory:
*taste receptors of anterior 2/3 of tongue
motor:
*pons to facial muscles (expression)

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vestibulocochlear (VIII) sensory

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*vestibular branch- changes in head movement (equilibrium), inner ear to cerebellum
*cochlear branch- inner ear to medulla oblongata and midbrain

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glossopharyngeal (IX) mixed

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sensory:
tongue- taste
pharynx, tonsils, and tongue to medulla oblongata
motor:
saliva and swallowing
medulla oblongata to pharynx and salavary glands

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vagus (X) mixed

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somatic
sensory:
taste and sensation
pharynx, larynx, esophagus, and viscera of thorax and abdomen to medulla oblongata
motor:
speech and swallowing
medulla oblongata to larynx
autonomic
motor:
medulla oblongata to heart and smooth muscle of viscera

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accessory (XI) motor

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arise from both brain and spinal cord
*cranial branch- speech
medulla oblongata to soft palate, pharynx, larynx
*spinal branch- turning head and shoulders
spinal cord to trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles

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hypoglossal (XII) motor

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speaking, chewing, and swallowing
medulla oblongata to tongue

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spinal nerves

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mixed nerves
there are 31 pairs of spinal nerves
8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccygeal

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dorsal root

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axons of sensory neurons from the dorsal root ganglion

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ventral root

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axons of motor neurons whos cell bodies are located in the spinal cord

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cervical plexus

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*c1-c4
*lies deep in the neck on both sides
*supply nerves to muscles and skin of neck

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brachial plexuses

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*c5-t1
*located deep within the shoulders
*supply nerves to muscle and skin of the arms and hands
5 branches:
musculocutaneous nerve- supply muscles of anterior arms and skin of forearms
ulnar & medial nerve- supply muscles of forearms and hands & skin of hands
radial nerve- supply posterior muscles of arm & skin of forearms and hands
axillary nerve- supply muscles & skin of anterior, lateral, & posterior arms

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lumbosacral plexus

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*t12-Co
*from lumbar region of back to pelvic cavity
*supply nerves to muscles and skin of thighs, legs, & feet
3 major branches:
obturator nerve- supply motor impulses to adductors of thighs
femoral nerve- supply motor impulses to muscles of anterior thigh and sensory impulses from skin of thighs and legs
sciatic nerve- supply muscles and skin of thighs, legs, and feet

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dermatomes

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area of skin innervated by the sensory fibers of a particular spinal nerve

Anatomy and Physiology I (9 decks)

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