Somatic Autonomic Motor Flashcards
Major anatomical components of NS:
- CNS
- PNS
CNS is made of:
- spinal cord
- brain
PNS is made of:
- all nerves that enter and exit from CNS
- 12 pairs of cranial nerves
- 31 pairs of spinal nerves
3 major physiological divisions of NS:
- sensory
- integrative
- motor
Sensory division:
handles input portions of PNS and CNS
Sensory division detects:
environmental changes (internal and external)
Components that make up sensory division:
- sensory organs
- thalamus
- sensory cortices
Integrative division:
- CNS
- processes and stores sensory info
Motor division:
handles output from CNS and PNS
Motor division generates…
movements and glandular secretions
Components that make up the motor division:
- brainstem
- cerebellum
- motor cortex
- basal ganglia
PNS is made up of…
bundles of nerve fibers (ganglia)
Paired spinal nerves in PNS attach to ____ by ____
spinal cord by roots
Types of roots:
- dorsal
- ventral
Dorsal root is where…
sensory axons enter CNS
- also has dorsal root ganglion
Dorsal root ganglion:
enlargement containing primary sensory nerve cell bodies
Ventral root is where…
motor axons exit CNS
PNS have _____ nerve fibers that are…
myelinated, insulated by Schwann cells
PNS is divided into two portions:
- somatic
- autonomic
Somatic motor division:
- somatic sensory nerves from somatosensory organs
- somatic motor nerves that go to skeletal muscles
Somatosensory organs have…
sensory receptors in body surfaces (skin, skeletal muscle, joints)
Somatic motor unit is made up of…
alpha motor neuron and all myofibers (skeletal muscle cells) it innervates
Somatic motor unit is under _______ control
voluntary (conscious)
Somatic motor units:
- cholinergic transmission: release ACh at axon terminals
- nicotinic receptors coupled w/ Na+ ion channel
- no antagonistic innervation
Autonomic motor division is made of…
- visceral sensory nerves (from organs)
- visceral motor nerves (to organs)
- visceral reflexes
Visceral sensory nerves have diffuse…
distribution of receptors
Somatic motor nuclei are found in the…
ventral horn
Visceral sensory nerves have peripheral nerves that enter the…
dorsal horn
Autonomic efferent nuclei are found in the…
lateral horn
Visceral pain often shares…
input pathways w/ somatic division
- aka referred pain
- part of visceral sensory nerves
Visceral motor nerves go to organs such as…
- smooth muscle
- cardiac muscle
- glands
Visceral motor nerves are under…
involuntary (unconscious) control
Visceral motor nerves have a ______ motor unit
autonomic
- 2 motor neurons (pre and post ganglionic neurons)
- ganglion
- effector tissue