PNS Flashcards

1
Q

afferents

A

toward brain

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2
Q

efferents

A

away from brain

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3
Q

somatic sensory (afferent)

A

skin, bones, muscles, joints

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4
Q

visceral sensory (afferent)

A

viscera of thoracic and abdominal region > heart, lungs, stomach, urinary bladder

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5
Q

somatic motor (efferent)

A

skeletal muscle

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6
Q

visceral (automatic) motor

A

glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle

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7
Q

CNS

A

brain and spinal cord (nucleus-cell bodies) and tracts (axons)

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8
Q

PNS

A

nerves (axons) and receptors (ganglia-cell bodies)

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9
Q

nerves are protected by three connective tissue coverings

A

endoneurium (neurolemma)
perineurium
epineurium

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10
Q

neurolemma is made of a

A

nucleated cytoplasmic layer of the schwann cell

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11
Q

what neurons are the only ones that can repair

A

the ones with a neurolemma

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12
Q

blindness, speech deficits, tremors, numbness are symptoms of

A

multiple sclerosis

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13
Q

what degenerates in multiple sclerosis

A

myelin sheaths and oligodendrocytes in CNS

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14
Q

cervical plexus (C1-C5)

A
lesser occipital nerve
great auricular nerve
transverse cervical nerve
supraclavicular nerve
phrenic nerve
suprascapular
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15
Q

schwann cells produce

A

neurilemma

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16
Q

schwann cells make oligodendrocytes make the myelin sheath in different directions (true or false)

A

true

17
Q

gaps in myelin sheaths

A

nodes of ranvier

18
Q

segments covered by myelin sheaths are called

A

internodes