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TSM 1.5 Flashcards

1
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which direction are afferent nerves towards and what kind of fibres are they?

A

towards the CNS and sensory

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which direction are efferent nerves towards and what kind of fibres are they?

A

away from the CNS and motor

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3
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what is the letter system for?

A

sensory and motor

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4
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what is the roman numeral system for?

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sensory

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5
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what is Ia for?

A

muscle spindle primary endings

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6
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what is Ib for?

A

golgi tendon organs

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7
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what is II for?

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  • touch
  • kinaesthesia
  • muscle spindle secondary endings
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8
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what is III for?

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  • pain
  • crude touch
  • pressure
  • temperature
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9
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what is IV for?

A
  • pain
  • touch
  • pressure
  • temperature
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10
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what is A-alpha for?

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  • alpha-motoneurons
  • muscle spindle
  • golgi tendon organs
  • touch
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11
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what is A-beta for?

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  • touch
  • kinesthesia
  • muscle spindle
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12
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what is A-gamma for?

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  • touch
  • pressure
  • gamma motoneurons
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13
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what is A-delta for?

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  • pain
  • crude touch
  • pressure
  • temperature
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14
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what is B fibres for?

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  • preganglionic autonomic
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15
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what is C fibres for?

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  • pain
  • touch
  • pressure
  • temperature
  • postganglionic autonomic
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16
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what does hair follicle receptors detect?

A

movement of hair

17
Q

what does meissner corpuscle detect?

A
  • light touch
18
Q

are meissner corpuscle rapid or slow adaptive receptors?

A

rapid

19
Q

what does pacinian corpuscle detect?

A

vibration

20
Q

what does merkel cell detect?

A

touch and pressure

21
Q

what does ruffini corpuscle detect?

A

skin stretch

22
Q

what does free nerve endings detect?

A

nociception

23
Q

how does sensory transduction work?

A
  • converts energy in stimulus into changed electrical potential across membrane
  • cause depolarisation of membrane to allow action potential to be transduced
24
Q

which three sensory receptors are rapid adapting?

A
  • meissner corpuscle
  • hair follicle receptor
  • pacinian corpuscles
25
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which three sensory receptors are slow adapting?

A
  • merkels cell
  • ruffini corpuscles
  • hair follicles

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