Week 3 - Study Guide Flashcards
Components of a reflex Arc (Neural Path.)
- Receptor
- Sensory Neuron
- Integration Center
- Motor Neuron
- Effector
Receptor
Site of stimulus action
Sensory Neuron
Afferent to the CNS
Integration Center
region within the CNS
Mono or polysynaptic
Motor Neuron
efferent to efector organ
Sensation vs Perception
Sensation - it happened
Perception - Perception does not occur because there was no AP sent
Sensory Receptors classified based on stimulus type…
a. mechanoreceptor
b. thermoreceptor
c. photoreceptor
d. chemoreceptor
e. nociceptor
Chemoreceptors respond to
chemicals
(chemical concentrations including, odors, tastes, and dissolved chemicals within the body fluids)
Thermoreceptors respond to
heat and cold
nociceptors respond to
pain
Mechanoreceptors respond to
physical deformity caused by touch, pressure, stretch, vibration, and tension.
AUDIO - Kicked open
Photoreceptors respond to
light
Receptors classified by the origins of their stimuli
Exteroceptor
Interoceptor
Propioreceptor
Exteroceptor
Near Outside stimulus
Outside the body
Skin touch
pressure
pain
temperature
most special sense organs
Interoceptor
near Inside stimulus
(inside core organs)
Inside the body
Internal viscera and blood vessels
chemical tissue stretch and temperature
Proprioceptor
Does not fit into OUT or IN the body
Body movement
(position sense)
(How we are oriented in space)
Muscle spindles - length
Golgi Tendons - Tension
stretch in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments & CT of bones and muscles
What are skeletal muscles composed of?
contractile & non-contractile elements with separate innervation
Muscle Spindles are receptors that are…
non-contractile
Sense length of muscle
and then cause contraction
What do muscle spindles do?
Help maintain posture through innervation of large muscles
(consider gastrocnemius)
Ipsilateral
Same side of the body
Contralateral
opposite side
monosynaptic
Direct signal neuron
No interneuron is present
polysynaptic
one or more interneurons connect
reciprocal inhibition
stretch of one muscle inhibits the activity of the opposing muscle
reflex
Sensation
the brains’s ability to pickup changes in the enviroment
Autonomic System of PNS
Involuntary
Somatic NS of PNS
Voluntary
PNS
All the nerves that shoot out and away; and then come back in towards the brain.
Brainstem and Spinal Cord
Sensory Cranial Nerves
- Olfactory - smell
- Optic - vision
- Vestibulococchlear - Sound
Motor cranial nerves
- Occulomotor - move eye
- Trochlear - move eye
- Abducens - move eyes
- Accessory - shoulder shrugging
- Hypoglossal - move tongue
Motor/Sensation Cranial Nerves
- Trigeminal - sense eye; move jaw
- Facial - taste; move face
- Glossopharyngeal - taste, swallowing
- Vagus -
Regions of Spinal Nerves
31 pairs
1. cervical - 8
2. thoracic - 12
3. lumbar - 5
4. Sacral - 5
5. Coccygeal - 1
Sympathetic Region
Thoracolumbar
F/F
Parasympathetic Region
Craniosacral
R/D
Brainstem is made of three parts
Midbrain
Pons
Medulla Oblongata
How many neurochains in motor?
2
How many neurochains in sensory?
3
Synapse -
Speaks to muscle/organ
PNS divided into
Somatic - skeletal - voluntary
ANS - glands, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle - invluntary
Function & Origin
Olfactory
Smell
Nose
sensory
Function & Origin
Optic
Vision
Eyes
sensory
Function & Origin
Oculomotor
Eye movement
Midbrain
Motor