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Peripheral Nervous System Flashcards

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What are peripheral nerves composed of?

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bundles of axons

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What are the types of peripheral nerves?

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  • sensory (afferent)
  • motor (efferent)
  • autonomic (also motor)
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What do autonomic nerves do?

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they are motor nerves that are involved in functions that are NOT under voluntary control

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What does the efferent autonomic nerve pathway consist of?

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two-neuron chain between CNS and effector organ

  • 1st neuron: preganglionic
  • 2nd neuron: postganglionic
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Motor Neurons

What do motor neurons innervate?

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striated muscle fibres

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Motor Neurons

Where are motor neurons located?

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cell body (soma) is in CNS

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Motor Neurons

What do motor neurons do?

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release acetylcholine – acts via nicotinic receptors at neuromuscular junction (NMJ)

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Sensory Neurons

Where are sensory neurons located?

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cell body (soma) is outside CNS in sensory ganglia (in PNS)

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What is a ganglion?

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collection of neuronal cell bodies in PNS

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Autonomic Neurons

Where are autonomic neurons?

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in PNS

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Autonomic Neurons

What are the 2 types of autonomic neurons?

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sympathetic

parasympathetic

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Autonomic Neurons

Where is the 1st neuron (preganglionic) in the efferent autonotmic nerve pathway?

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cell body is in CNS

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Autonomic Neurons

Where is the 2nd neuron (postganglionic) in the efferent autonotmic nerve pathway?

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in autonomic ganglion in periphery

  • sympathetic system: ganglion is close to CNS in sympathetic system
  • parasympathetic system: ganglion is close to, or actually within, the target organ
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What are the functions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)?

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  • homeostasis – maintaining stable internal environment
  • controls vegetative systems (life support) – semi-autonomously, and coordinates with endocrine systems
  • blood pressure – HR, stroke volume, total peripheral resistance
  • GI motility
  • salt/water balance
  • pupillary reflexes
  • sexual function
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What is the ANS coordinated via? (4)

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  • some reflexes at spinal cord level
  • medulla (within brainstem)
  • hypothalamus
  • prefrontal cortex – emotional states
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What do ANS afferent do?

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send information into control centres

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ANS Afferents

What are baroreceptors?

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type of mechanoreceptors allowing for relaying info derived from blood pressure within ANS – monitors blood pressure

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ANS Afferents

Where are baroreceptors located?

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in aortic arch and carotid sinus

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ANS Afferents

What do osmoreceptors do?

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regulation of plasma ions

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ANS Afferents

Where are thermal receptors located?

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in skin and CNS

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ANS Afferents

What do thermal sensors do?

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regulate body temperature

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ANS Afferents

What do cutaneous receptors do?

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detect sexual stimuli

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ANS Afferents

What do stretch receptors do?

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monitor distention in lungs, bladder, stomach, bowel

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ANS Afferents

What are 6 types of ANS afferents?

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  • baroreceptors
  • osmoreceptors
  • thermal sensors
  • cutaneous receptors
  • pain fibres in viscera
  • stretch receptors
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Describe the structure of the sympathetic nervous system.
- has short cholinergic preganglionic fibres | - has long adrenergic postganglionic fibres
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What does cholinergic mean?
releases acetylcholine
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What does adrenergic mean?
releases norepinephrine
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Where does the sympathetic nervous system originate?
thoracolumbar regions of spinal cord
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Describe the structure of the parasympathetic nervous system.
has long cholinergic postganglionic fibres
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Where does the parasympathetic nervous system originate?
in brain and sacral region of spinal cord
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Do sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibres innervate the same thing?
usually, they both innervate the same effector organs
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What is the adrenal medulla?
modified sympathetic ganglion that releases epinephrine and norepinephrine into blood
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What are the catabolic effects of the sympathetic nervous system? (4)
- increased heart rate, stroke volume, and blood pressure - increased blood flow to skeletal muscle - decreased blood flow to skin - fight or flight response
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What are the anabolic effects of parasympathetic nervous system? (4)
- decreased heart rate, stroke volume, and blood pressure - increased GI tract motility and secretions - relaxation of sphincters in esophagus, stomach, bladder - paradoxical co-activation
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What happens in the fight or flight response?
release of epinephrine/norepinephrine from adrenal medulla stimulates skeletal muscle glycogenolysis
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What is paradoxical co-activation?
both sympathetic and parasympathetic systems activated during intense conflict situations
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Cranial Nerves Where do cranial nerves originate?
inside cranium and proximal spinal cord
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Cranial Nerves What can cranial nerves carry? (3)
- afferent information (fibres) - efferent fibres - ANS fibres
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Cranial Nerves How many cranial nerves are there?
12 pairs
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Cranial Nerves What are the 12 pairs of cranial nerves?
``` I - olfactory II - optic III - oculomotor IV - trochlear V - trigeminal VI - abducens VII - facial VIII - auditory (vestibulocochlear) IX - glossopharyngeal X - vagus XI - accessory XII - hypoglossal ```
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Cranial Nerves Which cranial nerves are involved in swallowing?
IX, X, and XI vagus (X) is most important
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Cranial Nerves Olfactory (I) - type - function
type: sensory function: smell
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Cranial Nerves Optic (II) - type - function
type: sensory function: vision
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Cranial Nerves Oculomotor (III) - type (2) - function (2)
type: motor, voluntary function: moves eyeball medially (towards midline) - ----------------------------------- type: motor, autonomic (parasympathetic) function: constricts pupil and thickens lens
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Cranial Nerves Trochlear (IV) - type - function
type: motor, voluntary function: moves eyeball
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Cranial Nerves Trigeminal (V) - type (2) - function (2)
type: motor, voluntary function: mastication - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: touch, temperature, pain (ie. from face, head, and mouth)
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Cranial Nerves Abducens (VI) - type - function
type: motor function: moves eyeball laterally
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Cranial Nerves Facial (VII) - type (3) - function (3)
type: motor, voluntary function: muscles of facial expression - ----------------------------------- type: motor, autonomic (parasympathetic) function: lacrimal and salivary glands - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: taste buds of anterior ⅔ of tongue
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Cranial Nerves Auditory/Vestibulocochlear (VIII) - type (2) - function (2)
type: sensory function: (from cochlea) hearing - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: (from vestibular apparatus) gravity, motion, and position of head
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Cranial Nerves Glossopharyngeal (IX) - type (5) - function (5)
type: motor, voluntary function: pharynx swallowing - ----------------------------------- type: motor, autonomic (parasympathetic) function: salivary glands - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: taste buds of posterior ⅓ of tongue - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: carotid sinus baroreceptors - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: carotid body chemoreceptors
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Cranial Nerves Vagus (X) - type (4) - function (4)
type: motor, voluntary function: pharynx swallowing and larynx phonation - ----------------------------------- type: motor, autonomic (parasympathetic) function: (heart (slows heart rate) to abdominal organs) controls secretion and motility - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: aortic baroreceptors and chemoreceptors - ----------------------------------- type: sensory function: GI tract
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Cranial Nerves Accessory (XI) - type (2) - function (2)
type: motor, voluntary function: swallowing - ----------------------------------- type: motor, voluntary function: shoulder shrugging
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Cranial Nerves Hypoglossal (XII) - type - function
type: motor, voluntary function: tongue
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Cranial Nerves Which two cranial nerves have opposing functions? Do they work together?
oculomotor (III): moves eyeball medially abducens (VI): moves eyeball laterally must work together when we are looking right or left
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Cranial Nerves How do cranial nerves III and VI coordinate?
by information carried in medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) – tract connecting III nerve nucleus to VI nerve nucleus
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What do carotid sinus baroreceptors do?
- monitors pressure of arterial blood | - important in reflex regulation of heart rate and BP
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What do carotid body chemoreceptors do?
- monitors CO2, O2 in arterial blood | - important in control of breathing
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How many spinal nerves are there?
31 pairs
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What are the functions of spinal nerves?
- all have voluntary motor function | - all (except C1) have sensory fibres
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What are the 5 types of spinal nerves and how many are there?
``` 8 cervical (C1-C8) 12 thoracic (T1-T12) 5 lumbar (L1-L5) 5 sacral (S1-S5) 1 coccygeal ```
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Where do sympathetic fibres arise from? ***???***
all thoracic, and 1st and 2nd lumbar segments (T1-L2)
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Where does sympathetic innervation of the head come from?
upper thoracic spinal nerves - none of the cranial nerves carry sympathetic fibres
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Where are parasympathetic fibres? ***???***
cranial nerves III, VII, IX, and X, and S2-S4
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Where do parasympathetic preganglionics arise from? ***???***
S2-S4
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