Spinal Nerves- Axons Extend From Lmn Flashcards
Spinal nerves are generally considered to be mixed because
The fibers (myelinated axons) run 2 ways
31 pairs of spinal nerves
Left and right
Sensory- in going messages
From muscle to sensory cortex
Motor outgoing messages from
Motor cortex to muscle
From spinal cord spinal nerve emerge/connect via 2 roots
Sensory=dorsal root–posterior afferent
And
Motor=ventral root– anterior efferent
Cord (cns) to roots to nerves to RAMI
All pns
The rami are sensory and motor
Ventral ramus of the spinal nerve serves front trunk and limbs
Dorsal ramus of the spinal nerve serve the back of trunk
If both arms moving two sets of
Corticospinal tracts are firing, one in each side
Sensory and motor rootlets join together where
Spinal nerve
Where do motor fibers (efferent) of spinal nerves originate
In the grey matter or the h-shape
Of each level of the spinal cord (within)
Motor fibers of spinal nerves originate at a
Group of cells called the anterior (ventral) horn cells aka alpha motor neuron
At the alpha motor neuron the motor gives occur at
The point of connection(synapse!!) between the incoming motor fibers from the cns and the new alpha motor neuron in the spinal cord
At the alpha motor neuron
It sends new motor fiber out to the pns, where it is called a nerve