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I. Olfactory

Smell

II. Optic

Vision

III. Oculomotor

Controls eye movement

IV. Trochlear

One externalbeye muscle

V. Trigeminal

Conducts sensory impulses away from the skin of the face

VI. Abducens

Supplies motor function to the lateral eye muscle, rolls eye laterally

VII. Facial

Activates muscles for facial expressions

VIII. Vestibulocochlear

Transmit for the sense of balance

IX. Glossospharyngeal

Suppliea motor fibers to the pharynx (throat)

X. Vagus

Carry sensory impulses from and to the pharynx, larynx, abdominal, abdominal and thoracic viscera

XI. Accessory

Activate the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muacles

XII. Hypoglossal

Motor fibers control tongue movement.

What protects the nervous system

Scalp and skin


Skull and vertebral column


Meninges


Cerebrospinal fluid


Blood brain barrier

Where is the dura mater

Double layer external covering


Exteral layer

Where is the periosteum attached

Inner surface of the skull

Arachnoid layer

Middle layer


Clings to the surface of the brain

Where is the pia mater

Internal layer


Clings to the surface of tge brain

What does the cerebrospinal fluid do

-Similar to blood plasma composition


-Forms a watery cushion for protecting the brain

Where is cerebrospinal fluid circulated

Arachnoid space, ventricles, and central canal of the spinal cord

What causes hydrocephalus

When csf accumulates and exerts pressure of the brain if not drained

How does causes the blood brain barrier ro exclude many harmful substances

The near impermeable capillaries

What substances can pass the blood brain barrier

Fats and soluble molecules


Respiratory gass


Alcohol


Nicotine


Anesthesia

What are the tramatic brain injuries

Concussion


Contusion


Cerebral edema


Cerebrovascular accident (Stroke)

What is a concussion

Slight brain injury


No permanent damage

What is a contusion

Nervous tissue destroyed


Nervous tissue doesn't regenerat

What is a cerebral edema

-Swelling from the inflammatory response


-May compress and kill brain tissue

What is a cerebrovascular accident

-Stroke


-Ruptured blood vessels supplying a region of the brain


-Loss of some function or possible death

What is Alzheimer's disease

-Progressive degeneration of the bran


-Mostly in elderly but can occur i middle age


-Victims experience memory loss, irritability, confusion, and deatg

What causes Alzheimer's disease

Structural changes in the brain including abnormal protein deposits and twisted fibers with neurons

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there

31 pairs

What is the collection of spinal nerves in the inferior

Cauda equina

What is internal gray matter mostly

Cell bodies

What does the gray matter in the spinal cord surrond

The central canal

What is the central canal filled with

Cerebrospinal fluid

What covers the brain and spinal cord

Meninges

Where do spinal nerves leave

The level of each vertebrae

What the endoneurim surrond

Each fiber

What bundles groups of fibers into fasicles

Perineurium

What are fasicles bound together by

Epuneurium

What are the classification of neurons

Mixed


Sensory (afferent)-Towards CNS


Motor (efferent)- Away from CNS

How are spinal cords named

For the region where they arise

What does the dorsal rami serve

Skin and muscle of posterior trunk

What does the ventral rami form

Complex networks(plexus) for the anterior

What are the two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system

Sympathetic


Parasympathetic

What is the types of nerves in the autonomic nervous system

Somatic- One motor neuron


Autonomic- Preganglionic and postganglionic nerves

What are the somatic effector organs

Skeletal muscles

What are the autonomic effector organs

Smooth and cardiac muscles and glands

What Neurotransmitter(s) does the somatic system use

Acetylcoline

What neurotransmitters does the autonomic system use

Acetylcoline, epiniphrine, or norepinephrine

Where does the sympathetic division originate

T1- L2