PS 1001:03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Myelin, Spinal Nerve, Schwann Cell

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Describe the components and connective tissue coverings of spinal
nerves
Brain and spinal cord
CNS
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Sensory receptors, nerves conducting to and from CNS, associated ganglia and
motor endings
Nerves are not homogenous tissue - different tissue types in the nerve -> different
mechanical properties
PNS
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Nervous system
Impulses TO CNS
Sensory (afferent) division
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Impulses FROM CNS
Somatic (voluntary) - serves skeletal muscles
Automatic (involuntary) 0 innvervates smooth/cardiac muscles and glands
Motor (efferent)
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Lie between sensory and motor neurons in the neural pathways
Interneurons
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Major functional divisions
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Cell body - with nucleus, organelles
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Multipolar
Bipolar
Unipolar
Pseudounipolar
Classified according to number of processes issuing from the cell body
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Neurones
L3 - Mechanics of neural tissue
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Terminology
What
Name in CNS
Name in PNS
Bundle of nerve fibres
Tract
Nerve
Collection of cell bodies
Nucleus
Ganglion
Large nerve fibres myelinated
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PNS = Schwann cells
CNS = oligodendrocytes
Myelin sheath formed?
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Sheath has gaps = Nodes of Ranvier
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Doral root - sensory fibres (afferent)
Ventral root - motor fibres (efferent)
Arises by 2 roots from the spinal cord
Roots unite to form a spinal nerve - so is mixed motor and sensory
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Typical Spinal nerve in PNS
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Nerves
Specific region of the skin surface monitored by a single pair of spinal nerves
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Precise boundaries of the dermatomes overlap to some degree
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Important because damage of infection of a spinal nerve will produce characteristic loss of
sensation in the skin
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Can test if certain nerve compromised
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e.g. right index finger linked to C7 nerve
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Dermatomes
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Describe the components and connective tissue coverings of spinal nerves. Sensory receptors, nerves conducting to and from cns, associated ganglia and motor endings. Nerves are not homogenous tissue - different tissue types in the nerve -> different mechanical properties. Automatic (involuntary) 0 innvervates smooth/cardiac muscles and glands. Lie between sensory and motor neurons in the neural pathways. Classified according to number of processes issuing from the cell body. Arises by 2 roots from the spinal cord. Roots unite to form a spinal nerve - so is mixed motor and sensory. Specific region of the skin surface monitored by a single pair of spinal nerves. Precise boundaries of the dermatomes overlap to some degree. Important because damage of infection of a spinal nerve will produce characteristic loss of sensation in the skin. Can test if certain nerve compromised e. g. right index finger linked to c7 nerve.

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