BIOL125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Perineurium, Epineurium, Vagus Nerve

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Peripheral Nervous System
3.28. The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
o 3.28.1. the two major pathways - sensory and motor
Sensory
Dorsal column tract
Spinothalamic tract
Spinocerebellar tract
Motor
Corticospinal tract
o 3.28.2. the somatic and autonomic systems
Somatic (voluntary)
Spinal nerves
Cranial nerves
Autonomic (involuntary)
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Transduces physical or chemical stimuli from both within the body and from
the external environment to sensory information via receptors
Conveys the sensory information to the CNS via afferent pathways
Conveys motor signals from the CNS to skeletal and smooth muscle via
efferent pathways
Converts motor signal to chemical signals at synapses on target tissues
Somatic sensory
Conveys information from the periphery
Collective description for all sensations
Special senses (Seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting)
Touch
Proprioception
Pain, temperature
The output of the somatic nervous system is exclusively to skeletal
muscle
Thus the output of the somatic nervous system results in movement
3.29. Protection of spinal nerves
o Nerves
Bundles of neurons, connective tissue and blood vessels which are present
only in the PNS
Nerves carry motor information to muscle and other cells
Mediate sensory modalities to the spinal cord or brainstem
Spinal nerves send/receive information between spinal cord and the body
Spinal nerves mediate non-special senses
Cranial nerves send/receive information between the brain and the structures
of the head and neck
Cranial nerves mediate many special senses and some special senses
Spinal
31 pairs mixed nerves
8 cervical (C1-C8)
12 thoracic (T1-T12)
5 lumbar (L1-L5)
5 sacral (S1-S5)
1 coccygeal
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Structure
Each side of spinal column, spinal (dorsal and ventral) roots join
to form a spinal nerve
Mixed nerves carry both sensory and motor fibres
Spinal roots
Anterior/ventral root contains axons of motor neurons
Posterior/dorsal root contains axons of sensory neurons
Dorsal root has ganglia - contain cell bodies of sensory neurons
Combination of these roots creates spinal cord
Spinal nerves entering the spinal cord
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The peripheral nervous system (pns: 3. 28. 1. the two major pathways - sensory and motor. Spinocerebellar tract: motor, corticospinal tract, 3. 28. 2. the somatic and autonomic systems. Somatic sensory: conveys information from the periphery, collective description for all sensations. Special senses (seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting: touch, proprioception, pain, temperature, the output of the somatic nervous system is exclusively to skeletal muscle, thus the output of the somatic nervous system results in movement, 3. 29. Spinal nerves send/receive information between spinal cord and the body. Spinal nerves mediate non-special senses of the head and neck: cranial nerves mediate many special senses and some special senses. Spinal: 31 pairs mixed nerves, 8 cervical (c1-c8, 12 thoracic (t1-t12, 5 lumbar (l1-l5, 5 sacral (s1-s5, 1 coccygeal. Structure: each side of spinal column, spinal (dorsal and ventral) roots join to form a spinal nerve, mixed nerves carry both sensory and motor fibres.

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