Spinal cross section Flashcards
Sensory neurons
Afferent input signals
Motor neurons
Efferent output
Glia
support, insulate, nurishn (nyelin sheath)
Nerves - consist of
Nervous tissue - parenchyma
connective tissue - stroma
Epineurium - CT covering of whole nerve
Perineurium - CT covering of nerve fascicle
endoneurium - CT covering of individual nerve fiber
CNS consists of
brain and spinal cord
Gray matter
nerve cell bodies, dendrites, and unmyelinated axons
White matter
myelinated axon
nucleus - collection of cell bodies in CNS
tract - bundle of bundle fo nerve fibers
PNF
consists of spinal and cranial nerves and their branches
special sensory
carry sensory form senses
somatosensory
carry exteroceptive and proprioceptive
visceral sensory
subconscious
somatomotor
voluntary signals to skeletal muscle
visceral motor
autonomic motor
Ascending tracts
sensory
descending tracts
motor