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Cervical Plexus
C2,3 Greater Auricular
C2,3 Lesser Occipital
C2,3 Transverse cervical
C3,4 Supraclavicular
C1,2,3 Ausa cervicalis
C3,4,5 Phrenic
Brachial Plexus
C5-Dorsal Scapular
C5,6 Axillary,Suprascapular, Subclavius
C5,6,7 Musculocutaneous, Long Thoracic, Lateral Pectoral
C6,7,8 Thoracodorsal
C8, T1 Ulna, Medial Pectoral
C5-T1 Median, Radial
Lumbar Plexus
L1- ilioingunial, iliohypogastric
L1,2 genitofemoral
L2,3 lateral cutaneous femoral
L2,3,4 Femoral, obturator
Sacral
L4-S1 Superior Gluteal
L5-S2 Inferior Gluteal
L4-S3 Sciatic, Tibial
L4-S2 Peroneal (common, superficial, deep)
S2,3,4 Pudendal
Three primary brain vesicles (Cranial dilations)
1. Proencephalon (forebrain)
2. Mesencephalon (midbrain)
3.Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
Rhombencephalon consists of :
1.metencephalon - pons and cerebellum
2.myelencephalon- medulla oblongata
Neural plate
1.appears during week 3 anterior to primitive pit
2.elevations create neural folds which close to form the neural tube.
a.) initially open at both ends
-cranial neuropore - closes day 25
-caudal neuropore- closes day 27

b.) lumen becomes central canal of spinal cord and ventricles of the brain
Neural crest gives rise to:
Sensory ganglia of spinal nerves (dorsal root ganglion), postganglionic neurons of the ANS, Schwann cells, melanocytes, odontoblasts, meninges, pharyngeal arch mesenchyme
Neuroepithelium
lines neural tube; gives rise to cells of the mantle layer, neurons, and glial cells.
Mantle - Forms ______matter of the spinal cord.
The mantle forms the gray matter of the spinal cord.

1.basal plate- ventral; motor
2.alar plate- dorsal; sensory
3.sulcus limitans-separates basal and alar plates
4.roof plate and floor plate-inducers of mesenchyme
Marginal layer- forms the _____matter of the spinal cord
white matter

1.outer layer
2.nerve fibers from developing neurons of mantle
Spinal Nerves consist of :
1. fibers from neurons of basal plate (motor) form VENTRAL ROOTS; week 4

2.fibers from dorsal root ganglia (neural crest) grow into cord forming DORSAL ROOT

3. Fibers from dorsal root ganglia grow distally and join ventral nerve roots to form spinal nerve.
cauda equina
results from differential growth of spinal cord and vertebral column
Anomalies of spinal cord:

Spina bifida cystica
Neural tissue and/or meninges exposed.
Brain Flexures: weeks 4-8
1.mesencephalic- "cranial flexure", midbrain
2.cervical- brainstem and cord; at approximately level of foramen magnum
3.pontine
Rhombencephalon- hind brain
1. distinct basal and alar plates
2.alar plate moves to lateral position
3. sensory and motor areas subdivided into columns (GSA, SVA, GVA etc), supply structures of head and neck primarily, but also neurons of vagus nerve (CN X)
Dorsal Rami of the Spinal Nerves
1. Also called posterior primary rami
2. Divide (except first cervical, fourth and fifth sacral and coccygeal) into medial and lateral branches
3. Supply muscle and skin of the posterior back and neck.
Which dorsal rami of spinal nerves do NOT divide into medial and lateral branches?
1st cervical
4th and 5th sacral
coccygeal
Dorsal ramus of C1-

What nerve?
Innervates?
suboccipitial nerve

1.muscles of the SOT
2.Supplies semispinalis capitits m.
Dorsal ramus of C2-

innervates?
1.Supplies the inferior obilque m.
2.Exits inferior to the above m.
3.Medial branch is called the greater occipital n. which pierces the semispinalis capitis m. and supplies the skin of the posterior scalp.
4.Lateral branch supplies the splenius, longissimus capitis, and semispinalis capitis mm.
Dorsal rami of the lower 5 cervical nerves:
1. Medial branches supply the skin
2. Lateral branches supply the iliocostalis cervicis, longissimus cervicis, and longissimus capitis mm.
Location of Acetylcholine Cholinergic nicotinic receptors:
All postganglionic neurons
Adrenal medullary cells
myoneural junction
Location of Muscarinic Acetylcholine receptors
All parasympathetic neuro-effector organs
Select sympathetic target organs-
1.eccrine sweat glands
2.smooth muscles in the walls of blood vessels in skeletal muscle
Where are norepinephrine adrenergic alpha 1 receptors located?

effects?
1.blood vessels
2.sphincter muscles
3.other sympathetic tissues

effects- a. vasoconstriction
b.constriction
c.stimulation
Where are norepinephrine alpha 2 cell receptors located?

effects?
1. postganglionic adrenergic axon

effects-autoinhibition
Where are norepienephrine beta 1 cell receptors located?
1.heart
2.kidney
3.adipose tissue
Where are norepinephrine beta 2 cells located?

effects?
1.lungs
2.smooth muscle in walls of blood vessels

relaxation, bronchodilation, relaxation, vasodilation
Roof plate of mesencephalon-made of ependymal cells covered by vascular mesenchyme
1.tela choroidea- ependymal cells plus vascular mesenchyme

2. choroid plexus from vascular mesenchyme- creates CSF
Where does the motor nuclei innervating structures of they eye originate?
Basal plates of the Mesencephalon
What part of the mesencephalon relays for visual and auditory reflexes?
alar plates- anterior and posterior colliculi
anencephaly
failure of closure of cephalic portion of neural tube, resulting in degeneration of neural tissue
Somatic efferent cranial nerves
CN III, IV,VI, XII

1.arise in brain stem
2.innervate muscles derived from preotic and occipital myotomes
Cranial nerves of pharyngeal arches
CN V, VII, IX, and X

1.arise from nuclei of brain stem
2.contain sensory and motor components
Special sensory cranial nerves
CN I, II, and VIII

1.CN I from olefactory bulb
2.CN II from developing neurons of retina
3.CN VIII-
-vestibular nerve from semicircular ducts to nuclei in brain stem
-cochlear nerve from spiral organ of Corti to nuclei in brain stem
Adrenal gland of ANS
1. Cortex from mesoderm
2. Medulla from sympathetic nervous system (neural crest)
Parasympathetic ANS
1. preganglionic fibers from neurons in brain stem and sacral spinal cord
2.postganglionic fibers from neural crest migration to site of ganglia
Sympathetic ANS
1. preganglionic neurons develop within the lateral horn in thoracolumbar region of spinal cord

2. Postganglionic neurons- neural crest cell migration in thorax to form chain of ganglia along vertebral column; migration to site of ganglia
A collection of neuron cell bodies OUTSIDE the CNS:
Ganglion
A collection of neuron cell bodies WITHIN the CNS:
Nucleus
Grouping of nerve fibers that interconnect regions of the CNS
Tract
The structure of GSA, GVA sensory neurons is:
pseudounipolar
The structure of SSA, SVA special sensory neurons is:
bipolar
The structure of GSE, GVE motor neurons is:
multipolar
Refers to movement or sensations from the whole body, especially skeletal muscles, and receptors in the skin, joints and skeletal muscles telling the brain about the environment. (temp, touch, pain, stretch, position, etc)
General somatic
Refers to organs of the body, smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands. Motor or sensory from these tissues. Sensory includes pain and stretch primarily
General visceral
Sight, hearing, and equillibrium
Special somatic
Smell, taste and special skeletal muscles (traps, SCM)
Special Visceral
Organs WITHOUT dual innervation
adrenal medulla-sympathetic only
arrector pili muscles-sympathetic only
sweat glands-sympathetic only
most blood vessels- mostly sympathetic

*control is achieved by increasing or decreasing the tone (firing rate) of sympathetic neurons
C1, 2, 3 Motor to omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid
ansa cervicalis
Cervical nerves that are NOT part of the cervical plexus:
1.Suboccipital nerve- dorsal ramus of C1. Motor to the SOT muscles, NO cutaneuous sensory branch.

2.Greater occipital nerve- dorsal ramus of C2. Sensory to posterior scalp, motor to splenius m.

3.Third occipital nerve- dorsal ramus of C3. Medial branch to sensory to a small area of posterior scalp.
Real Texans Drink Cold Beer.
Roots- 5

Trunks-3

Divisions- (6) 2 per trunk

Cords- 3

Branches-
Roots of the Brachial Plexus
Ventral rami of C5-T1
Organs WITHOUT dual innervation
adrenal medulla-sympathetic only
arrector pili muscles-sympathetic only
sweat glands-sympathetic only
most blood vessels- mostly sympathetic

*control is achieved by increasing or decreasing the tone (firing rate) of sympathetic neurons
C1, 2, 3 Motor to omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid
ansa cervicalis
Cervical nerves that are NOT part of the cervical plexus:
1.Suboccipital nerve- dorsal ramus of C1. Motor to the SOT muscles, NO cutaneuous sensory branch.

2.Greater occipital nerve- dorsal ramus of C2. Sensory to posterior scalp, motor to splenius m.

3.Third occipital nerve- dorsal ramus of C3. Medial branch to sensory to a small area of posterior scalp.
Real Texans Drink Cold Beer.
Roots- 5

Trunks-3

Divisions- (6) 2 per trunk

Cords- 3

Branches-
Roots of the Brachial Plexus
Ventral rami of C5-T1
Cephalgia
headache
Polycythemia
increased mass of RBC
Genu Varum
Bow-legged
anamnesis
Recalling past info for a medical history form.
cathartic
substance that makes you poop more

accelerates defication
pathognomonic
charactorisitic for a specific disease
teleology
study of evidences of design or purpose in nature
Genu Valgum
knock- kneed
Antiemetic
Keeps you from vomiting
Carminative
relieves farting
edentulous
without teeth
Corpulence
obesity
alopectia
disease where the hair falls out
cardiomegaly
abnormal enlargement of the heart from either hypertrophy or dilation
lumbodynia
pain in lumbar region
lumbago
pain in lumbar region
claudication
limpness or lameness
xeroderma
mild form of ichthyosis- itchy, scaly skin
dorsal root is derived from
neural crest (go into alar plates)
ventral roots come from
neural tube. (come out of nerons in basal plate)
ependymal cells make
CSF
choroid plexus
between metencephanlon and myelenchephalon- (both part of rhombencephalon.)
basal plates- motor nuclei innervating structures of the eye

alar plates- anaterior and posterior colliculi; relays for visual and auditory reflexes
Mesencephalon
Lamina terminalis
site of closure of anterior neuropore
Cranial Nerves
Somatic Efferent -CN III, IV, VI, XII

Nerves of pharyngeal arches
CN V, VII, IX, X

Special sensory- I, II, VIII
Postganglionic fibers come from
neural crest
Microglia
Phagocytic cell of CNS
ganglionic gliocytes
supportive cells of ganglis PNS
Visceral=
autonomic nervous system, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands
Spinal nerves contain what kind of nerves?
GSE, GSA, GVE, GVA
PNS components
Cranial and Spinal nerves
-visceral nerves and plexuses
-enteric system of nerves
-neuroglial cells (only some, not all)
ALL dervied from neural crest and outgrowth
Distal end of spinal cord
conus medullaris
filum terminale
pia mater (extends further than cord)
funiculi
means cord or column
How many spinal nerves?
31 pairs
bell-magendic law
dorsal root of spinal nerve carries sensory info, ventral root carries motor info.
SAME DAVE
Recurrent meningeal nerve innervates
-Posterior aspect of IVD
-Posterior longitudinal ligament
-anterior epidural vein
-anterior aspect of the dura
-periosteum of posterior aspect of vertebral bodies

typically more than one branch (2)
what forms plexuses? (4 of them)
ventral ramus
Rami communicantes
ANS

White rami communicantes connects spinal nerve to the paravertebral ganglia

gray rami connects the paravertebral ganglia to the spinal nerve
31 pair of spinal nerves
8 cervical

12 thoracic

5 lumbar

5 sacral

1 coccygeal
Somatic nervous system
Innervates skin and most skeletal muscle, from somites

Dermatomyotomes
Dermatomes
Myotomes
Visceral (autonomic) Nervous System
sympathetic and parasypathetic

sympathetic- T1-L2
parasympathetic- cervical and sacral
Sympathetic innervation of Thoracic and Cervical Viscera
(T1,T3, some T4,T5)-head
(T1-T4)-heart and lungs
(T3-T6)-upper limbs
(T4-T9)- abdominal viscera
(T8-L1)-adrenal gland
(T11-L2)-urinary bladder and prostate
(T10-L2)-pelvic viscera and reproductive organs
(T7-L1)-lower limbs
Sympathetic GVE fibers to lymphoid tissues
T-lymphocytes, macrophages

Lymph nodes

Spleen( contains 3x as many sympathetic fibers as kidneys)

GIT- ANS division located in wall of gut, regulate GIT secretions and motility (GIT=gastral intestinal tract)
Two interconnected plexuses within the walls of the GIT:
1. Myenteric plexus
2. submucous nerve plexus

each one formed by:
ganglia- house nerve cell bodies and associtated cells
bundles of nerves which pass between ganglia and to surrounding tissues
80% of norepi released is re-uptaked back into axon, broken down by_____

20% remaining in synaptic space is broken down by _____
MAO-monoamine oxidase

COMT- catechol-O-methyl transferase
Adrenergic receptors:
alpha- 1.blood vessels 2. presynaptic, autoinhibitory

beta 1.heart 2.lungs
Supraclavicular branches of brachial plexus
1.dorsal scapular
2.long thoracic
3.suprascapular
Damage to Long Thoracic nerve
C5,6,7,
Serratus anterior m.
"winged scapula"
Damage to axillary nerve
C5,6 shoulder injuries, paralysis of deltoid m. and teres minor
Damage to radial nerve
damage to extensors

Depends where nerve is damaged
improper use of crutches
frogging
drunkard paralysis
church pew paralysis
damage to median nerve
signs-carpal tunnel, pronator teres syndromes,

honeymooners palsy
fracture of humerous or distal radius
carpal tunnel vs pronator teres
you lose feeling in thenar eminence in pronator teres syndrome. Pt. resists pronation

carpal tunnel-pins and needles