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Peripheral Nervous System

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The Peripheral Nervous System is...   Portion of the nervous system outside the central nervous system  
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The PNS conveys ...   impulses to and from brain & spinal cord  
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2 types of nerves   cranial & spinal  
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Sensory Nervous   Towards CNS  
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Mixed Nerves composed of...   sensory & motor neurons!  
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Cranial Nerves - how many pairs arise from the forebrain? from midbrain & brainstem? Most are? and osme are ONLY?   forebrain - 2 midbrain & brainstem - 10 most are MIXED some are ONLY sensory!  
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On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Fin And Greek Viewed Some Hops   Olfactory, Optic, Ocularmotor, Trochlear, Trigeminal, Abducens, Facial, (Acoustic) Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, (Spinal) Accessory, Hypoglossal  
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Olfactory Nerve I   - bipolar neurons - CHEMORECEPTORS - Axons pass through cribiform plate of ethmoid - SYNAPSE at olfactory bulb - ONLY SENSE THAT DOESN'T PASS THROUGH THALAMUS - 2 olfactory bulbs, divided by cristi galli  
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Optic Nerve II   - Sensory Nerve - PHOTORECEPTORS - Cross at optic chiasma  
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Oculomotor III   - Produce extrinsic and intrinsic movements of eyeball - Innervates all eye muscles except 2 (Superior rectus, medial rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique, levator palpebra (to raise eyelid) - Ciliar muscles control movement of pupil  
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Trochlear    
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