The Somatic Nervous System Flashcards
1
Q
What is the function of the Somatic System?
A
-Voluntary Actions (skeletal muscles)
2
Q
What is Soma in ‘Soma’tic NS?
A
- Neuron cell body
- Controls-neuron cell body > controls head, neck, neck, chest, back, diaphragm, abdominal wall, pelvic wall and limbs
3
Q
Name the X3 receptors that detect Somatic Sensations
A
- Mechanoreceptors
- Thermoreceptors
- Nociceptors- Pain (localised-certain area)
4
Q
What do Somatic Motor Axons connect to to produce a Voluntary Movement?
A
-Spinal Nerves> Rami (Anterior OR Posterior)
5
Q
What is Rami?
A
-A division of the spinal nerves
6
Q
What does Anterior Rami produce?
A
-Limbs (e.g legs)
7
Q
What does Posterior Rami produce?
A
-Back movement
8
Q
What does Modalities mean?
A
-The way something exists
