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The Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards

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Autonomic Nervous System

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-Involuntary
-Regulates cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, glandular tissue
-Autonomic motor neurons regulate visceral activities by exciting or inhibiting activities in effector tissues

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Somatic Nervous System

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-Voluntary
-Sensory neurons (afferent) convey input from receptors for somatic senses and special senses
-Motor neurons (efferent) innervate skeletal muscles

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Afferent Division of PNS

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Somatic sensory: carries signals from receptors in skin, muscles, bones and joint (ex. step on something)

Visceral sensory: carries signals mainly from organs in the thoracic and abdominal cavities (ex. eat and feel bloated/stomach hurts)

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Sensory Receptors of PNS- 3 Types

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  1. Free Nerve Endings
  2. Encapsulated
  3. Proprioceptors
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Sensory Receptors: Free Nerve Endings (3)

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  1. Free nerve endings of sensory neurons
  2. Modified free nerve endings (Merkel discs)
  3. Hair follicle receptors
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  1. Free Nerve Endings of Sensory Neurons
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Functional class: nociceptors (pain), thermoreceptors (heat and cold), mechanoreceptors (pressure), chemoreceptors

Body location: most body tissues; most dense in connective tissues

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  1. Modified Free Nerve Endings (Merkel discs)
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (light pressure)

Body location: deepest layer of epidermis

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  1. Hair Follicle Receptors
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (hair deflection)

Body location: in and surrounding hair follicles

*free nerve endings

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Sensory Receptors: Encapsulated (3)

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  1. Tactile (Meissner’s) corpuscles
  2. Lamellar (Pacinian) corpuscles
  3. Ruffini corpuscles
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  1. Tactile (Meissner’s) corpuscles
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (light pressure, discriminative touch, vibration of low frequency)

Body location: hairless skin, particularly nipples, external genitalia, fingertips, eyelids

*encapsulated

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  1. Lamellar (Pacinian) corpuscles
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (deep pressure, stretch, vibration of high frequency)

Body location: dermis and hypodermis; most abundant on fingers, soles of feet, external genitalia, nipples

*encapsulated

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  1. Ruffini corpuscles
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (deep pressure and stretch)

Body location: deep in dermis, hypodermis and joint capsules

*encapsulated

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Sensory Receptors: Proprioceptors (2)

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  1. Muscle Spindles
  2. Tendon Organs
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  1. Muscle spindles
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (muscle stretch)

Body location: skeletal muscles, particularly those of the extremities

*proprioceptors

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  1. Tendon Organs
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Functional class: mechanoreceptors (tendon stretch)

Body location: tendons

*proprioceptors

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Purpose of Spinal Nerves (4)

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1) Communication system between brain and various body parts
2) Essential for voluntary and involuntary actions
3) Highway for sensory and motor integrations
4) Important for rapid automatic responses through reflexes

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Spinal Column Vertebrae

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7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral fused
3-5 coccygeal fused

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Pairs of Spinal Nerves

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31 pairs of spinal nerves

8 pairs cervical
12 pairs thoracic
5 pairs lumbar
5 pairs sacral
1 pair coccygeal

*pairs 1-7 leave the spinal cord above their corresponding vertebrae level

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Layers of Spinal Nerves (3)

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Epineurium
Perineurium
Endoneurium

*superficial to deep layers

Provide structural support, protection and organization to nerves

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Dorsal and Ventral Roots

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Each spinal nerve connects to the spinal cord through the Dorsal Root and Ventral Root

Dorsal root: contains axonal processes of SENSORY neurons arising from POSTERIOR horn

Ventral root: contains axonal processes of MOTOR neurons whose cell bodies are located in ANTERIOR horn

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Dorsal Root and Dorsal Root Ganglion

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Dorsal root contains the dorsal root ganglion:

-Enlargement of the dorsal root
-Cluster of cell bodies of sensory neurons
-Functions as sensory relay stations by processing and modulating sensory signals before reaching CNS

*spinal nerve and dorsal root ganglion lie within intervertebral foramina

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Dorsal and Ventral Rami

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Dorsal and ventral roots branch into dorsal and ventral rami

*both contain sensory and motor fibers, and exit vertebral column through intervertebral foramina and supply the entire somatic region of the body

Dorsal rami: supplies dorsum of neck and back

Ventral rami: supplies anterior and lateral neck and trunk, all regions of limbs (and is much thicker than dorsal rami)

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Spinal Nerve Pathway Overview

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Posterior horn -> dorsal rootlets -> dorsal roots -> dorsal root ganglion -> dorsal rami

Anterior horn -> ventral rootlets -> ventral roots -> ventral rami

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Ventral Rami and Plexuses

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Ventral rami do not travel directly to their target tissues but instead branch out extensively to form complex networks known as nerve plexuses

There are 4 primary nerve plexuses from ventral rami, of which individual nerves travel to specific target tissues (muscles, skin, organs) to facilitate motor control and sensory perception

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4 Nerve Plexuses

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  1. Cervical plexus
  2. Brachial plexus
  3. Lumbar plexus
  4. Sacral plexus
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Cervical Plexus

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-Spinal nerves C1-C4
-Supply sensory and motor innervation to the neck and portions of the head

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Brachial Plexus

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-Spinal nerves C5-T1
-Supply sensory and motor innervation to shoulder and upper limbs

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Lumbar Plexus

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-Spinal nerves L1-L4
-Supplies nerves to lower back, abdominal wall and part of lower limb

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Sacral Plexus

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-Spinal nerves L4-S5
-Innervates buttocks, pelvic structures and remainder of lower limb

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Summary: Path From Spinal Cord

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Nerves originate from spinal cord through dorsal and ventral roots (dorsal= carries sensory info into spinal cord, ventral= carries motor info away from spinal cord)

Dorsal and ventral roots unite outside spinal cord to form a spinal nerve (each nerve has both sensory and motor fibers)

Spinal nerve branches into dorsal and ventral rami (dorsal= branches that supply dorsal parts of the body, including skin and muscles, ventral= larger branches that supply ventral parts of the body and form complex nerve plexuses)

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Dermatomes

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-Sections of the skin innervated by a single spinal nerve
-Motor and sensory innervation for those specific areas
-Important dermatomes:
T4: Nipples
T10: Umbillicus

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Clinical Case: Shingles

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Cause: viral infection caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV)

-VZV dormant in nerve cells after person recovers from chickenpox
-Rash of scaly, painful blisters usually to one or several adjacent dermatomes
-Aging and weakened immune system triggers reactivation
-After chickenpox, VZV transported from skin lesions through peripheral processes of sensory neurons to cell bodies in a sensory ganglion, and it multiplies and travels back through sensory axons to the skin when immune system is weakened

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Motor Reflex Arc

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-Neural pathway that mediates rapid involuntary actions
-Integrates sensory inputs and motor outputs
-Physiological and neural response against potential harmful stimuli

*Spinal reflex= monosynaptic (only one synapse)

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Anatomy of Motor Reflex Arc (9)

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  1. Sensory receptor
  2. Sensory neuron (afferent)
  3. Dorsal root ganglion
  4. Dorsal root
  5. Posterior horn
  6. Interneurons
  7. Anterior horn
  8. Motor neuron (efferent)
  9. Effector muscle

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