Week 5 Nervous System Flashcards
Where does the first cervial nerve emege?
above C1
How many cervical nerves are there?
8
Where is C8 nerve located
below c7
Somatic nervous system controls
voluntary movement of the body
Somatic nerve chain of stimuli
Stimuli enters skin to nerve cell body through afferent nerve, then spinal cord, then afferent nerve to muscles
Afferent
Sensory
Efferent
motor
Afferent is in which root nerve
Dorsal
Efferent is in which root nerve
Ventral
Fight or flight
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Rest and digest
Vagus nerve is in which system
Parasympathetic
Bundles of nerve cells close to spinal cord, short pregannglionic and long postganglionic
sympathetic
long preganglionic nerve cells, ganglions closer to organs, short postganglionic nerves
parasympathic