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PNS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cranial nerves | 12 pairs attaches to undersurface of brain and connect brain w neck and structures of thorax and throat |
| spinal nerves | 31 pairs, contain dendrites of sensory neurons and axons of motor neurons and conduct impulses necessary for sensations and voluntary movements |
| dermatome | skin surface area supplied by 1 cranial/spinal nerve |
| ANS | functional anatomy, autonomic conduction paths, sympathetic division, parasympathetic division, autonomic transmitters, and ANS as a whole |
| functional anatomy | consists of motor neurons that conduct impulses from CNS to cardiac and smooth muscle + glandular epithelial tissue; regulates involuntary functions |
| preganglionic automatic neurons | conduct impulses from spinal cord/brainstem to autonomic ganglion |
| postganglionic neurons | conduct from autonomic ganglia to cardiac and smooth muscle and glandular epithelial tissue |
| autonomic/ visceral effectors | tissues where autonomic neurons conduct impulses |
| autonomic conduction paths | consists of 2 neuron relays |
| neuron relays | preganglionic neurons from CNS to autonomic ganglia, synapses, postganglionic neurons from ganglia to visceral effectors |
| somatic motor neurons | conduct all the way from CNS to somatic effectors without intervening synapses |