Week 6 Flashcards
central nervous system
brain
spinal cord
peripheral nervous system
nerves connecting CNS to the rest of the body
somatic PNS
body
conscious
visceral PNS
guts
not conscious
somatic motor (GSE)
nerves that innervate voluntary muscles (myotomes)
general somatic efferent
somatic sensory (GSA)
nerves that carry conscious sensations from the body wall (dermatomes) back to CNS; specifically pain, temperature, touch, and proprioception
general somatic afferent
visceral motor (GVE)
nerves are part of the autonomic division of the CNS. these nerves are subdivided into two kinds: General Visceral Efferent
sympathetic
parasympathetic
sympathetic
innervates involuntary structures in the body wall (glands, smooth muscle) and viscera
parasmpathetic
innervates visceral structures only
visceral sensory (GVA)
nerves carry unconscious sensations and conscious sensations
general visceral afferent
what are most nerves in the body
multipolar nerurons
multipolar nueron
most common in the brain and spinal cord
3+ dendrites and one long axon
example of multipolar nueron
large motor neurons of the ventral horn of the spinal cord
bipolar neuron
two processes arise form the cell body. One process ends in dendrites, the other (an axon) end in terminals in the CNS. always related to sensory functions
example of bipolar neuron
retinal bipolar cells
cochlear cells
vestibular ganglia
pseudo-unipolar neuron
A single neurite arises from the cell body and divides into two branches. One branch projects to the periphery, the other projects to the CNS; both branches have the structural and functional characteristics of an axon.
example of pseudo-unipolar neuron
sensory cells in the dorsal root ganglia
nerves
collection of axons of neurons
sheathed bundles of axons
neuron
individual cells that relay information
why are neurons packaged together in a nerve
so they can travel together to reach similar destinations
what part of the CNS does most of the communicating with most of the body
spinal cord
gray matter
more cell body
butterfly shape
where do nerves coming from the body go
to the nervous system
white matter
more myelinated axons
meninges
layers of tissues surrounding spinal cord and brain
dura mater (spinal mater)
subdural space
thicket and most durable