Week 13 Flashcards
1
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Endoneurium
A
- loose connective tissue that encloses individual axons and their myelin sheaths
2
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perineurium
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- coarse connective tissue that bundles fibres into fascicles
3
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epineruium
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- tough fibrous sheath around a nerve
4
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dorsal root ganglia (sensory, somatic)
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- ganglia associated with afferent nerve fibres contain cell bodies of sensory neurons
5
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autonomic ganglia (motor, visceral)
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- ganglia associated with efferent nerve fibres contain autonomic motor neurons
6
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sympathetic nervous system
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- supports vigorous physical or emotional stress
- inc HR and BP
- airways dilate
- pupils dilate
- inc sweating
7
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parasympathetic nervous system
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- rest and digest response
- conserve body energy during activities such as digestion of food
- reduced HR and BP
- airways constrict
- pupils constrict
