Rat 19 Flashcards
What are the two functional divisions of the PNS?
Sensory (Afferent) Division
Motor (Efferent) Division
What are two subdivisions of the sensory (afferent) division)?
Somatic Sensory Division
Visceral Sensory Division
Somatic Sensory Division
Carries general senses
- body touch, temperature, pain
- special sensory neurons: vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, smell)
Visceral Sensory Division
- sensory stimuli from organs of abdominopelvic & thoracic cavities
- detects internal changes such as blood pressure & stretch of visceral organs (urinary bladder)
Which are two subdivisions of the motor division>
somatic motor division
visceral motor division
somatic motor division
voluntary motor functions (lower motor neurons)
- skeletal muscle fibers
- trigger contractions stimulated by upper motor neurons
visceral motor division
- maintains homeostasis
- controls involuntary motor functions
- cardiac muscle cells, smooth muscle cells, secretory glands
another name for the visceral motor division
autonomic nervous system
two divisions of the autonomic nervous system
Sympathetic: fight or flight
Parasympathetic: rest and digest
main organs of PNS
peripheral nerves
what does a peripheral nerve consist of
axons of many neurons bound together by common connective tissue
Mixed nerve:
contains both sensory and motor neurons
Most nerves are ____
mixed
motor nerve
contains motor neurons & small amount of sensory nerves
sensory nerve
contains sensory neurons only
What two structures connect spinal nerves to the spinal cord?
anterior and posterior roots
What does the anterior root consist of?
axons of lower motor neurons, exiting the anterior horn
What does the posterior root consist of?
Axons of the sensory neurons entering the posterior horn
Most sensory neurons are what type of neuron
pseudounipolar
for the sensory axons in the posterior root, where are the somas located?
posterior root ganglion
term for a collection of somas in the pns
Ganglion
anterior root classification
Motor
posterior root classification
sensory
spinal nerve classification
mixed
how many spinal nerves are there
31
what are cranial nerves?
nerves containing axons whose origin or destination is the brain
What are the connective tissue sheaths in a nerve?
- epineurium
- perneurium
3.endoneurium