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9 Cards in this Set
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CNS
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--brain and spinal cord
--integrates and coordinates neural signals --carries out high mental functions like learning and thinking |
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PNS
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--cranial nerves
--spinal nerves |
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breakdown of spinal nerves
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8 cervical
12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacral 1 coccygeal |
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Somatic NS
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--sensory and motor inervations in all parts of body except viscera, smooth muscle, and glands
--voluntary and reflexive movement --touch, pain, temperature --dermatone map for each area of body |
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Autonomic NS
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--innervate involuntary smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands
--afferent and efferent fibers |
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Efferent Sympathetic Fibers
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--thoracolumnar region
--"fight/flight" increased activity, breathing rate, heart rate, break down glycogen, adrenaline |
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Efferent Parasympathetic Fibers
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--Craniosacral region
--"rest/digest", decrease heart rate, breathing rate, conserves glycogen, stimulates digestion |
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what is a dermatone?
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an area of skin associated with a pair of dorsal roots from the spine
--can be used to tx roots of affected areas (huatuojaiji points) |
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two parts of vertebral disks
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annulus fibrosis: out fibrous part made of fibrocartilage, inserts into vertabra
nucleus pulposus: central core, more elastic, high water content at birth that decreases with age, posteriorly located, NONE ON C1-2 |
