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5-2 PNS Part 1 Objectives Chapter 13 1. Define peripheral nervous system and list its components. 2. Classify general sensory receptors by structure, stimulus detected, and body location. 3. Outline the events that lead to sensation and perception. 4. Describe the general structure of a nerve. 5 Describe the formation of a spinal nerve and the general distribution of its rami. 6. Define plexus. Name the major plexuses and describe the distribution and function of the peripheral nerves arising from each plexus. 7. Compare and contrast the motor endings of somatic and autonomic nerve fibers. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) • All neural structures outside the brain – Sensory receptors – Peripheral nerves and associated ganglia – Motor endings Central nervous system (CNS) Peripheral nervous system (PNS) Sensory (afferent) division Motor (efferent) division Somatic nervous system Autonomic nervous system (ANS) Sympathetic division Parasympathetic division Figure 13.1 Sensory Receptors • Specialized to respond to changes in their environment (stimuli) • Activation results in graded potentials that trigger nerve impulses • Sensation (awareness of stimulus) and perception (interpretation of the meaning of the stimulus) occur in the brain Classification of Receptors • Based on: – Stimulus type – Location – Structural complexity Classification by Stimulus Type • Mechanoreceptors—respond to touch, pressure, vibration, stretch, and itch • Thermoreceptors—sensitive to changes in temperature • Photoreceptors—respond to light energy (e.g., retina) • Chemoreceptors—respond to chemicals (e.g., smell, taste, changes in blood chemistry) • Nociceptors—sensitive to pain-causing stimuli (e.g. extreme heat or cold, excessive pressure, inflammatory chemicals) Classification by Location 1. Exteroceptors – Respond to stimuli arising outside the body – Receptors in the skin for touch, pressure, pain, and temperature – Most special sense organs Classification by Location 2. Interoceptors (visceroceptors) – Respond to stimuli arising in internal viscera and blood vessels – Sensitive to chemical changes, tissue stretch, and temperature changes Classification by Location 3. Proprioceptors – Respond to stretch in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue coverings of bones and muscles – Inform the brain of one’s movements Classification by Structural Complexity 1. Complex receptors (special sense organs) – Vision, hearing, equilibrium, smell, and taste (Chapter 15) 2. Simple receptors for general senses: – Tactile sensations (touch, pressure, stretch, vibration), temperature, pain, and muscle sense – Unencapsulated (free) or encapsulated dendritic endings Unencapsulated Dendritic Endings • Thermoreceptors – Cold receptors (10–40ºC); in superficial dermis – Heat receptors (32–48ºC); in deeper dermis Unencapsulated Dendritic Endings • Nociceptors – Respond to: • • • • Pinching Chemicals from damaged tissue Temperatures outside the range of thermoreceptors Capsaicin Unencapsulated Dendritic Endings • Light touch receptors – Tactile (Merkel) discs – Hair follicle receptors Table 13.1 Encapsulated Dendritic Endings • All are mechanoreceptors – Meissner’s (tactile) corpuscles—discriminative touch – Pacinian (lamellated) corpuscles—deep pressure and vibration – Ruffini endings—deep continuous pressure – Muscle spindles—muscle stretch – Golgi tendon organs—stretch in tendons – Joint kinesthetic receptors—stretch in articular capsules Table 13.1 From Sensation to Perception • Survival depends upon sensation and perception • Sensation: the awareness of changes in the internal and external environment • Perception: the conscious interpretation of those stimuli Sensory Integration • Input comes from exteroceptors, proprioceptors, and interoceptors • Input is relayed toward the head, but is processed along the way Sensory Integration • Levels of neural integration in sensory systems: 1. Receptor level—the sensor receptors 2. Circuit level—ascending pathways 3. Perceptual level—neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex Perceptual level (processing in cortical sensory centers) 3 Motor cortex Somatosensory cortex Thalamus Reticular formation Pons 2 Circuit level (processing in Spinal ascending pathways) cord Cerebellum Medulla Free nerve endings (pain, cold, warmth) Muscle spindle Receptor level (sensory reception Joint and transmission kinesthetic to CNS) receptor 1 Figure 13.2 Processing at the Receptor Level • Receptors have specificity for stimulus energy • Stimulus must be applied in a receptive field • Transduction occurs – Stimulus energy is converted into a graded potential called a receptor potential Processing at the Receptor Level • In general sense receptors, the receptor potential and generator potential are the same thing stimulus receptor/generator potential in afferent neuron action potential at first node of Ranvier Processing at the Receptor Level • In special sense organs: stimulus receptor potential in receptor cell release of neurotransmitter generator potential in first-order sensory neuron action potentials (if threshold is reached) Adaptation of Sensory Receptors • Adaptation is a change in sensitivity in the presence of a constant stimulus – Receptor membranes become less responsive – Receptor potentials decline in frequency or stop Adaptation of Sensory Receptors • Phasic (fast-adapting) receptors signal the beginning or end of a stimulus – Examples: receptors for pressure, touch, and smell • Tonic receptors adapt slowly or not at all – Examples: nociceptors and most proprioceptors Processing at the Circuit Level • Pathways of three neurons conduct sensory impulses upward to the appropriate brain regions • First-order neurons – Conduct impulses from the receptor level to the second-order neurons in the CNS • Second-order neurons – Transmit impulses to the thalamus or cerebellum • Third-order neurons – Conduct impulses from the thalamus to the somatosensory cortex (perceptual level) Processing at the Perceptual Level • Identification of the sensation depends on the specific location of the target neurons in the sensory cortex • Aspects of sensory perception: – Perceptual detection—ability to detect a stimulus (requires summation of impulses) – Magnitude estimation—intensity is coded in the frequency of impulses – Spatial discrimination—identifying the site or pattern of the stimulus (studied by the two-point discrimination test) Main Aspects of Sensory Perception • Feature abstraction—identification of more complex aspects and several stimulus properties • Quality discrimination—the ability to identify submodalities of a sensation (e.g., sweet or sour tastes) • Pattern recognition—recognition of familiar or significant patterns in stimuli (e.g., the melody in a piece of music) Perceptual level (processing in cortical sensory centers) 3 Motor cortex Somatosensory cortex Thalamus Reticular formation Pons 2 Circuit level (processing in Spinal ascending pathways) cord Cerebellum Medulla Free nerve endings (pain, cold, warmth) Muscle spindle Receptor level (sensory reception Joint and transmission kinesthetic to CNS) receptor 1 Figure 13.2 Perception of Pain • Warns of actual or impending tissue damage • Stimuli include extreme pressure and temperature, histamine, K+, ATP, acids, and bradykinin • Impulses travel on fibers that release neurotransmitters glutamate and substance P • Some pain impulses are blocked by inhibitory endogenous opioids Structure of a Nerve • Cordlike organ of the PNS • Bundle of myelinated and unmyelinated peripheral axons enclosed by connective tissue Structure of a Nerve • Connective tissue coverings include: – Endoneurium—loose connective tissue that encloses axons and their myelin sheaths – Perineurium—coarse connective tissue that bundles fibers into fascicles – Epineurium—tough fibrous sheath around a nerve Endoneurium Axon Myelin sheath Perineurium Epineurium Fascicle Blood vessels (b) Figure 13.3b Classification of Nerves • Most nerves are mixtures of afferent and efferent fibers and somatic and autonomic (visceral) fibers • Pure sensory (afferent) or motor (efferent) nerves are rare • Types of fibers in mixed nerves: – Somatic afferent and somatic efferent – Visceral afferent and visceral efferent • Peripheral nerves classified as cranial or spinal nerves Ganglia • Contain neuron cell bodies associated with nerves – Dorsal root ganglia (sensory, somatic) (Chapter 12) – Autonomic ganglia (motor, visceral) (Chapter 14) Regeneration of Nerve Fibers • Mature neurons are amitotic • If the soma of a damaged nerve is intact, axon will regenerate • Involves coordinated activity among: – Macrophages—remove debris – Schwann cells—form regeneration tube and secrete growth factors – Axons—regenerate damaged part • CNS oligodendrocytes bear growth-inhibiting proteins that prevent CNS fiber regeneration Endoneurium Schwann cells Droplets of myelin 1 The axon becomes fragmented at the injury site. Fragmented axon Site of nerve damage Figure 13.4 (1 of 4) Schwann cell Macrophage 2 Macrophages clean out the dead axon distal to the injury. Figure 13.4 (2 of 4) Aligning Schwann cells form regeneration tube 3 Axon sprouts, or filaments, grow through a regeneration tube formed by Schwann cells. Fine axon sprouts or filaments Figure 13.4 (3 of 4) Schwann cell Site of new myelin sheath formation 4 The axon regenerates and a new myelin sheath forms. Single enlarging axon filament Figure 13.4 (4 of 4) Cranial Nerves • Twelve pairs of nerves associated with the brain • Most are mixed in function; two pairs are purely sensory • Each nerve is identified by a number (I through XII) and a name “On occasion, our trusty truck acts funny— very good vehicle anyhow” Frontal lobe Temporal lobe Infundibulum Facial nerve (VII) Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) Vagus nerve (X) Accessory nerve (XI) Hypoglossal nerve (XII) Filaments of olfactory nerve (I) Olfactory bulb Olfactory tract Optic nerve (II) Optic chiasma Optic tract Oculomotor nerve (III) Trochlear nerve (IV) Trigeminal nerve (V) Abducens nerve (VI) Cerebellum Medulla oblongata (a) Figure 13.5 (a) Cranial nerves I – VI I II III IV V Olfactory Optic Oculomotor Trochlear Trigeminal VI Abducens Cranial nerves VII – XII VII Facial VIII Vestibulocochlear IX X XI XII (b) Glossopharyngeal Vagus Accessory Hypoglossal Sensory function Motor function PS* fibers Yes (smell) Yes (vision) No No Yes (general sensation) No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No Sensory function Motor function PS* fibers Yes (taste) Yes (hearing and balance) Yes Some Yes No Yes (taste) Yes (taste) No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No *PS = parasympathetic Figure 13.5 (b) I: The Olfactory Nerves • Arise from the olfactory receptor cells of nasal cavity • Pass through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone • Fibers synapse in the olfactory bulbs • Pathway terminates in the primary olfactory cortex • Purely sensory (olfactory) function Table 13.2 II: The Optic Nerves • Arise from the retinas • Pass through the optic canals, converge and partially cross over at the optic chiasma • Optic tracts continue to the thalamus, where they synapse • Optic radiation fibers run to the occipital (visual) cortex • Purely sensory (visual) function Table 13.2 III: The Oculomotor Nerves • Fibers extend from the ventral midbrain through the superior orbital fissures to the extrinsic eye muscles • Functions in raising the eyelid, directing the eyeball, constricting the iris (parasympathetic), and controlling lens shape Table 13.2 IV: The Trochlear Nerves • Fibers from the dorsal midbrain enter the orbits via the superior orbital fissures to innervate the superior oblique muscle • Primarily a motor nerve that directs the eyeball Table 13.2 V: The Trigeminal Nerves • Largest cranial nerves; fibers extend from pons to face • Three divisions – Ophthalmic (V1) passes through the superior orbital fissure – Maxillary (V2) passes through the foramen rotundum – Mandibular (V3) passes through the foramen ovale • Convey sensory impulses from various areas of the face (V1) and (V2), and supplies motor fibers (V3) for mastication Table 13.2 Table 13.2 VI: The Abducens Nerves • Fibers from the inferior pons enter the orbits via the superior orbital fissures • Primarily a motor, innervating the lateral rectus muscle Table 13.2 VII: The Facial Nerves • Fibers from the pons travel through the internal acoustic meatuses, and emerge through the stylomastoid foramina to the lateral aspect of the face • Chief motor nerves of the face with 5 major branches • Motor functions include facial expression, parasympathetic impulses to lacrimal and salivary glands • Sensory function (taste) from the anterior twothirds of the tongue Table 13.2 Table 13.2 VIII: The Vestibulocochlear Nerves • Afferent fibers from the hearing receptors (cochlear division) and equilibrium receptors (vestibular division) pass from the inner ear through the internal acoustic meatuses, and enter the brain stem at the pons-medulla border • Mostly sensory function; small motor component for adjustment of sensitivity of receptors Table 13.2 IX: The Glossopharyngeal Nerves • Fibers from the medulla leave the skull via the jugular foramen and run to the throat • Motor functions: innervate part of the tongue and pharynx for swallowing, and provide parasympathetic fibers to the parotid salivary glands • Sensory functions: fibers conduct taste and general sensory impulses from the pharynx and posterior tongue, and impulses from carotid chemoreceptors and baroreceptors Table 13.2 X: The Vagus Nerves • The only cranial nerves that extend beyond the head and neck region • Fibers from the medulla exit the skull via the jugular foramen • Most motor fibers are parasympathetic fibers that help regulate the activities of the heart, lungs, and abdominal viscera • Sensory fibers carry impulses from thoracic and abdominal viscera, baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, and taste buds of posterior tongue and pharynx Table 13.2 XI: The Accessory Nerves • Formed from ventral rootlets from the C1– C5 region of the spinal cord (not the brain) • Rootlets pass into the cranium via each foramen magnum • Accessory nerves exit the skull via the jugular foramina to innervate the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles Table 13.2 XII: The Hypoglossal Nerves • Fibers from the medulla exit the skull via the hypoglossal canal • Innervate extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue that contribute to swallowing and speech Table 13.2