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Chapter 13 lecture

front 1

Which of the following nerves does not arise from the brachial plexus?

  • Median
  • Phrenic
  • Radial
  • Ulnar

back 1

Phrenic

front 2

Which of the following is not a way that sensory receptors are classified?

  • type of stimulus detected
  • location in the body
  • structural complexity
  • sensitivity to a stimulus

back 2

Sensitivity to a stimulus

front 3

Which of the following is not a main level of neural integration in the somatosensory system?

  • receptor
  • circuit
  • segmental
  • perceptual

back 3

Segmental

front 4

Starting at the spinal cord, the subdivisions of the brachial plexus are (in order):

  • roots, trunks, divisions, and cords
  • roots, divisions, cords and trunks
  • divisions, roots, trunks and cords
  • trunks, divisions, cords, and roots

back 4

Roots, trunks, divisions, and cords

front 5

The cranial nerve with a cervical origin (spinal cord) is the _______.

  • hypoglossal
  • accesory
  • vagus
  • glossopharyngeal

back 5

Accessory

front 6

A major nerve of the lumbar plexus is the ____.

  • femoral
  • iliohypogastric
  • sciatic
  • ilioinguinal

back 6

femoral

front 7

Spinal nerves exiting the cord from the Level of L4 to S4 form the ___.

  • lumbar plexus
  • femoral plexus
  • sacral plexus
  • thoracic plexus

back 7

Sacral plexus

front 8

Striking the "funny bone" is actually stimulation of (or injury to) the ___.

  • radial nerve
  • sciatic nerve
  • ulnar nerve
  • median nerve

back 8

Ulnar nerve

front 9

Pressure, pain, and temperature receptors in the skin are___.

  • Interoceptors
  • exteroceptors
  • proprioceptors
  • mechanoreceptors

back 9

exteroceptors

front 10

Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by ____.

  • interoceptors
  • photoreceptors
  • nociceptors
  • proprioceptors

back 10

nociceptors

front 11

_____ are stimulated when sound waves vibrate hair cells in the inner ear.

  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Thermoreceptors
  • Photoreceptors
  • Nociceptors

back 11

Mechanoreceptors

front 12

Which of the following pairs of receptors appear to play complementary roles in hairy and hairless skin?

  • tactile discs and lamellar corpuscles
  • bulbous corpuscles and hair follicle receptors
  • Tendon organs and tactile corpuscles
  • Tactile corpuscles and hair follicle receptors

back 12

Tactile corpuscles and hair follicle receptors

front 13

At which level of the somatosensory system are conscious decisions made about low-grade touch stimuli?

  • Receptor level
  • Circuit level
  • Perceptual level
  • Effector level

back 13

Perceptual level

front 14

Nerves that carry impulses toward the CNS only are ____.

  • afferent only
  • efferent only
  • motor nerves
  • mixed nerves

back 14

Afferent nerves

front 15

The posterior side of the thigh, leg, and foot is served by the ___nerve.

  • obturator
  • common fibular
  • tibial
  • femoral

back 15

Tibial

front 16

Which cranial nerve is the largest?

back 16

Trigeminal nerve (V)

front 17

Which cranial nerve is the only one that exists in the "posterior" side of the brainstem?

back 17

Trochlear nerve (IV)

front 18

How many cranial nerves are responsible for eye movement?

back 18

3; Oculomotor nerve (III), Trochlear nerve (IV), and Abducens nerve (VI)

front 19

What does "abducens" refer to?

back 19

Moves the eye laterally causing abduction of the eye.

front 20

Which cranial nerves cary gustatory (taste) information?

back 20

Facial nerve (VII), glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), Vagus nerve (X)

front 21

Which cranial nerve is the longest?

back 21

Vagus nerve (X)

front 22

What 2 cranial nerves carry sensory information about blood pressure to the brain?

back 22

Glossopharyngeal neve (IX), and Vagus nerve (X)

front 23

Which cranial nerve is responsible for pupillary constriction?

back 23

Oculomotor nerve (III)

front 24

Which nerve innervates the superior oblique muscle?

back 24

Trochlear nerve (IV)

front 25

Which is the longest cranial nerve?

back 25

Vagus nerve (X)

front 26

Damage to this nerve would cause dizziness, nausea, and loss of balance.

back 26

Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)

front 27

This nerve is involved in movement of the digestive tract.

back 27

Vagus nerve (X)

front 28

Damage to this would would cause difficulty in speech and swallowing, but no effect on visceral organs.

back 28

Hypoglossal nerve (XII)

front 29

Damage to this nerve would keep the eye from rotation inferolaterally.

back 29

Abducens nerve (VI)

front 30

On occasion our trusty truck acts funny - very good vehicle anyhow.

back 30

Olfactory Optic Oculomotor Trochlear Trigeminal Abducens Facial Vestibulocochlear Glossopharyngeal Vagus Hypoglossal

front 31

What is the PNS?

back 31

provides links from and to the world outside our bodies. Outside the CNS.

front 32

What does the PNS consist of?

back 32

All neural structures outside the brain and spinal cord.

front 33

List the neural structures outside the body:

back 33

Sensory receptors

Peripheral nerves

Efferent motor endings

front 34

***What are 3 ways to classify sensory receptors?

back 34

  1. Type of stimulus they detect
  2. Location in body
  3. Structural complexity

front 35

***List the sensory receptors that are classified by stimulus type:

back 35

  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Thermoreceptors
  • Photoreceptors
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Nociceptors

front 36

What stimulus does the mechanoreceptor respond to?

back 36

Touch, mechanical force, pressure (BP), vibration, and stretch

front 37

What stimulus does a thermoreceptor respond to?

back 37

Sensitive to changes in temperature.

front 38

What stimulus does photoreceptors respond to?

back 38

Respond to light energy (retina)

front 39

What stimulus does chemoreceptors respond to?

back 39

chemicals, (ie...smell, taste, changes in blood chemistry) interstitial fluid chemistry

front 40

What stimulus do Nociceptors respond to?

Noci = harm

back 40

Potentially damaging stimuli, sensitive to pain causing stimuli (i.e. extreme heat or cold, excessive pressure, inflammatory chemicals) can also trigger subtypes of previous receptors (i.e. thermoreceptors, mechanreceptors, and chemoreceptors.)

front 41

***List the receptors that are classified by location:

back 41

  • Exteroceptors
  • Interoceptors
  • Proprioceptors

front 42

Describe exteroceptors:

back 42

  • Near or at body surface
  • Respond to stimuli arising outside the body
  • Receptors in skin for touch, pressure, pain, and temp.
  • Most special sense organs (i.e. vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, smell)

front 43

Describe Interoceptors (visceroceptors):

back 43

  • Respond to stimuli arising in internal viscera and blood vessels
  • Sensitive to chemical changes, tissue stretch, and temperature changes
  • Sometimes cause discomfort but usually unaware of their workings
  • Damaged stimuli can result in pain and is processed by interoceptors

front 44

Describe Propioceptors (one's own):

back 44

  • Respond to stretch in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue coverings of bones and muscles.
  • Informs brain of ones movements

front 45

List the sensory receptors that are classified by structures:

back 45

  • Simple receptors for general senses
  • Receptors for special senses
  • Non-encapsulated
  • Encapsulated

front 46

Describe the simple receptors for general senses:

back 46

  • Tactile sensations (touch, pressure, stretch, vibration) temp., pain, and muscle sense
  • Modified dendritic endings of sensory neurons

front 47

Describe the receptors for special senses:

back 47

  • Vision, hearing, equilibrium, smell and taste
  • Survival depends upon sensation and perception
  • Sensation-the awareness of changes the internal and external environment
  • Perception- the conscious interpretation of those stimuli

front 48

What does Non-encapsulated mean?

back 48

(Free)- located nearly everywhere in the body, abundant in epithelia and connective tissue. Respond primarily to temp, painful stimuli and itch. (Tactile (Merkel discs), Hair follicle receptors)

front 49

What does Encapsulated mean?

back 49

(enclosed)- in a connective tissue capsule. Virtually all are mechanoreceptors but vary greatly in shape, size, and distribution in the body.

front 50

Give examples of sensory receptors that are classified by structures:

back 50

  • Tactile (Meissner's) corpuscles- discriminative touch
  • Lamellar (Pacinian) corpuscles- deep pressure and vibration
  • Bulbous corpuscles (Ruffini endings)- deep continuous pressure
  • Muscle spindles- muscle stretch
  • Tendon organs- stretch in tendons

front 51

What sensory organization serves the body wall and limbs?

back 51

Somatosensory

front 52

Describe somatosensory:

back 52

Receives inputs from

  • Exteroceptors, proprioceptors, and interoceptors
  • Input relayed toward head, but processed along the way

front 53

List the levels of neural integration in sensory systems:

back 53

  1. Receptor level- sensory receptors
  2. Circuit level- processing in ascending pathways
  3. Perceptual level- processing in cortical sensory areas

front 54

***What are the 2 categories of reflexes?

back 54

  1. Inborn (intrinsic) reflex- rapid, involuntary, predictable motor response to stimulus (ex: maintain posture, control visceral activities) Can be modified by learning and conscious effort.
  2. Learned (acquired)- reflexes result from practice or repitition, (Ex: driving skills)

front 55

***What are the 5 components of a reflex arc (neural path)?

back 55

  1. Receptor
  2. Sensory neuron
  3. Integration center
  4. Motor neuron
  5. Effector

front 56

What is a nerve?

back 56

A cordlike organ of the PNS.

front 57

What are nerves composed of?

back 57

  • Numerous nerve fibers that are organized into bundles known as fascicles.
  • Bundle of myelinated and non-myelinated peripheral axons enclosed by connective tissue

front 58

List the layers of the connective tissue covering around nerve fibers and their descriptions:

back 58

  • Endoneurium- loose connective tissue that encloses axons and their myelin sheaths
  • Perineurium- coarse connective tissue that bundles fibers into fascicles
  • Epineurim- tough fibrous sheath around a nerve

front 59

In general, how are nerves classified throughout the PNS?

back 59

  1. Most nerves are mixtures of afferent and efferent fibers and somatic and autonomic (visceral) fibers
  2. Classified according to direction the impulse transmits to

front 60

***Name the nerves that are classified according to the direction of impulse:

back 60

  • Mixed nerves-both sensory and motor fibers; impulses both to and from CNS
  • Sensory (afferent) nerves- impulses only toward CNS
  • Motor (efferent)- impulses only away from CNS
  • Peripheral nerves classified as cranial or spinal nerves

front 61

What is the ganglia?

back 61

  • Neuron cell bodies associated with nerves in PNS
  • Those associated with afferent nerve fibers contain cell bodies of sensory neurons
  • Those associated with efferent nerve fibers contain autonomic motor neurons

front 62

How many cranial nerves are associated with the brain?

back 62

12 pairs. Only 2 pairs are attached to the forebrain. The rest are found on the brain stem.

front 63

**What nerve is a major nerve of the lumbar plexus?

back 63

The Femoral nerve L2-L4

front 64

***What are the major roots of the Brachial plexus?

back 64

  1. Roots
  2. Trunks
  3. Divisions
  4. Cords

front 65

Olfactory Nerve I

back 65

Sensory organ that carries impulses for smell to the brain

front 66

Optic Nerve II

back 66

Sensory organ that carries impulses for vision to the brain

front 67

Oculomotor Nerve III

back 67

Motor nerve that carries impulses to the extrinsic eye muscles which help direct the position of the eyeball. This nerve also carries impulses to the muscles that regulate the size of the pupil.

front 68

Trochlear Nerve IV

back 68

Motor nerve that carries impulses to one extrinsic eye muscle (the superior oblique muscle). This muscle helps regulate the position of the eyeball.

front 69

Trigeminal Nerve V

back 69

A mixed nerve. The sensory fibers of this nerve carry impulses for touch, temp and pain associated with the face, teeth, lips, and eyelids. The motor fibers of this nerve carry impulses to some of the mastication muscles of the face.

front 70

Abducens Nerve VI

back 70

A mixed nerve, but primarily a motor nerve. This nerve carries impulses to the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. This muscle is an extrinsic eye muscle which is involved in positioning the eyeball.

front 71

Facial Nerve VII

back 71

A mixed nerve.The sensory fibers of this nerve carry touch, temp, pressure and pain sensations from the face to the brain. The motor fibers of this nerve carry impulses to many of the muscles of the face and they carry impulses to the lacrimal glands.

front 72

Vestibulocochlear Nerve VIII

back 72

A sensory nerve that carries impulses for hearing and equilibrium from the ear to the brain.

front 73

Glossopharyngeal Nerve IX

back 73

A mixed nerve. The sensory fibers of this nerve carry basic sensory info and taste sensations from the pharynx and tongue to the brain. The motor fibers of this nerve carry impulses associated with swallowing to the tongue and pharynx.

front 74

Vagus Nerve X

back 74

A mixed nerve. The sensory fibers of this nerve carry impulses from the pharynx , larynx, and some internal organs to the brain. The motor fibers of this nerve carry impulses to some internal organs and to the skeletal muscles of the larynx and pharynx.

front 75

Accessory Nerve XI

back 75

A mixed nerve, but primarily a motor nerve. Carries impulses to muscles of the larynx, pharynx, and neck.

front 76

Hypoglossal Nerve XII

back 76

Primarily a motor nerve. This nerve carries impulses to the muscles that move and position the tongue.