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A&P
Turk
CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS
SYSTEMS
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF NERVOUS
SYSTEM
ectoderm,
 neural plate
 neural groove
 neural fold
 neural tube
 central canal and ventricles of the CNS
 neural crest
 forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain

VENTRICLES
cerebral spinal fluid
 Ventricles
 Central canal
 subarachnoid space

CEREBRAL HEMISPERES
gyri
 sulci



fissures
cerebral cortex

motor areas, sensory areas, and association neurons
White matter
 Gray matter
 Commissural fibers


corpus callosum
Association fibers
 Projection fibers

DIENCEPHALON
Thalamus
 hypothalamus

 infundibulum
 pituitary
gland
 limbic system
 autonomic nervous system

epithalamus
 pineal
gland
BRAIN STEM
Midbrain
 Pons
 medulla oblongata

CEREBELLUM
ELECTROCEPHALOGRAM (EEG)
MENINGES

Meninges
 dura
mater
 arachnoid membrane
 pia mater
 epidural space
 subdural space
 subarachnoid space
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
CNS
 buoyancy
 protection
 waste removal
 choroid plexus
 stability of chemical environment

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER
perivascular feet of the astrocytes
 endothelial cell of the capillaries
 circumventricular organs

 third
and fourth ventricles
FUNCTIONS OF SPINAL CORD
conduction
 locomotion

 cerebral
cortex
 central pattern generators

control of reflex activity
ANATOMY OF SPINAL CORD
foramen magnum
 vertebral canal
 L1
 31 pairs of spinal nerves
 cervical region
 lumbosacral region
 cauda equina

GRAY MATTER OF SPINAL CORD
dorsal (posterior) horns
 ventral (anterior) horns
 gray commissure
 central canal filled with CSF
 interneuron
 lateral horn

WHITE MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD

Spinal tracts

Ascending carry sensory
 First

order neurons –
ganglion
 Second


dorsal horn
thalamus or cerebellum
 Third



order neurons
order neurons
thalamus
cerebrum
Descending pathways and tracts
 Direct

System
interneurons or ventral horn neurons
 Indirect
System
HOMEOSTATIC IMBALANCES OF CNS
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
 Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
 Alzheimers disease
 Parkinsons Disease

 dopamine-releasing

neurons
Huntingtons disease
HOMEOSTATIC IMBALANCES OF CNS

Poliomyelitis

ventral horn motor neurons,
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Lou Gehrig’s
Disease
 Spinal cord injuries

paralysis
 paresthesias

Anencephaly
 Spina bifida

COMPONENTS OF PNS
afferent fibers
 efferent fibers

 somatic
 skin,
skeletal muscles, bones and
joints
 visceral
 blood
vessels, glands, and viscera
receptor
 sense organ

GENERAL PROPERTIES OF RECEPTORS




transducers
modality
location
intensity



firing frequency
number of nerve fibers
firing
higher threshold


duration
adaptation


phasic receptors
tonic receptors
CLASSIFICATION OF RECEPTORS





chemoreceptors
thermoreceptors
nociceptors
mechanoreceptors
Photoreceptors





General senses
Special senses
interoceptors
proprioceptors
exteroceptors
NERVE ENDINGS
Unencapsulated nerve ending
 Encapsulated nerve ending
 Tactile (meissner) corpuscles –

 dermal
papillae of skin
Krause end bulb
 Lamellated (pacinian) corpuscles
 Ruffini corpuscles

SPINAL NERVES
Ganglia
 dorsal (sensory) root
 ventral (motor) root
 dorsal ramus
 ventral ramus

 meningeal
branch
 intercostal nerve
SPINAL NERVES

nerve plexuses
 cervical
– neck, shoulder, diaphram
 brachial – upper arm, forearm, hands
 radial
– trauma causes wrist drop
 ulnar – funny bone, damage causes tingling of little
finger
 median – damage makes objects hard to grab
 also musculocutaneous and axillary
SPINAL NERVES

nerve plexuses

lumbar – abdominal wall muscles, thigh, buttock,
genitals
 femoral
– can cause problems walking if damaged
 obturator, also lateral femoral cutaneous, iliohypogastric,
ilioinguinal, and genitofemoral

sacral plexus – buttocks, pelvic structures, upper
and lower leg, feet
 sciatic
– actually 2 nerves (tibial and peroneal)
 also superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, posterior femoral
cutaneous and pudendal (damage can affect erection and
urination)

coccygeal – pelvic floor and skin over coccyx
REFLEXES
peripheral effectors
 reflex arc

Somatic receptors
 Afferent nerve fibers
 Interneurons
 Efferent nerve fibers
 Skeletal muscle

Stretch reflex
 Tendon reflex
 Flexor reflexes

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