NERVOUS SYSTEM

 NERVOUS SYSTEM

CONTROLLING AND COORDINATING SYSTEM OF THE BODY

Cantains:

exitable cells - Neurons

Non- excitable cells - Neuroglial cells


Classification:

Structurally :central nervous system

                      Peripheral nervous system

Functionally : 

                      Somatic nervous system

                       Autonomic nervous system

CNS : Brain ,spinal cord

PNS : 31 spinal nerve ,12 pairs of cranial nerves , associated ganglia.


STRUCTURE OF NEURON:

DENTRITE 

  • conduct impulses towards the cell body 
  • Usually multiple in number .

AXON(axis cylinder)

  • Conduct impluses away from the body
  • Only 'ONE' axon is present in a neuron

BASIC TYPES OF NEURONE:

  1. Pseudo unipolar neuron's : 
  • only one process.
  • After arising from the cell body ,it immediately divides into 2 process.
  • Ex: sensory nerve


  2.  Bipolar neuron's :

  • Two processes , one axon and extra is dendron 
  • Ex: nose ,retina

  3.  Multipolar neuron's:

  • One axon and multiple dendrites .
  • All motor neuron's are multipolar.


  1. Motor Neuron's:
  • Efferent neuron's and multipolar  .
  • Carry impulses from CNS to effector structures.
  1. Sensory neuron's:
  • Afferent neuron's and pseudo unipolar .
  • Carry implulses from sensory receptors to CNS. 


Neuroglial cells

  • Astrocytes
  • Present at the site of blood brain barrier
  • They are the glycogen stress, in the central nervous system.
  • Oligodendrocyte
  • From myelin sheet around  the axon in CNS.
  • Microglial
  • Are phagocytic in function
  • Found around blood vessel.
  • Ependymal cells
  • Lining the cavity in brain and spinal cord
  • Schwann cell
  • Provide myelin sheat for PNS

PERIPHERAL NERVE

  • Nerves are composed of bundles of nerve fibres.
  • Each nerve fibre is an axon with its covering
  • Each nerve fibres is covered by endoneurium
  • Bundles of nerve fibre is covered by perineurium.
  • Whole nerve is covered by epineurium.

SPINAL NERVES

  • Cervical : 8
  • thoracic : 12
  • Lumbar : 5
  • Sacral : 5
  • Coccygeal : 1

Typical spinal nerve

  • Arises from the spinal cord as a rootlets.
  • Anterior root consisting of motor (efferent) fibres from the cell body in the anterior horn of spinal cords.
  • Anterior and posterior joining together to form mixed spinal nerve, and it emerges to inter vertebral foramen.
  • Divides into  ventral and dorsal rami
  • Dorsal rami: supplies skin and muscles of the back.
  • Ventral rami : supplies the skin and muscles of limbs of anterior part of the body.

MYELINATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Myelination is a process in which a neuroglial cell surrounds a portion of the axon or dendrite to support the facilitated conduction of impulses.
  • In central nervous system (CNS) oligodendrocyte is responsible for the myelination 
  • In peripheral nervous system ( PNS) Schwann cells are responsible for the myelination.
  • Dermatome:
  • Area of skin supplies by one segment of spinal cord  
  • Myotome :
  • Amount of muscle supplied by segment of spinal cord.

CRANIAL NERVE's

  • Nerves which arises from brain stem
  1. Olfactory
  2. Optic
  3. Oculomotor
  4. Trochlear
  5. Trigeminal 
  6. Abducent
  7. Facial
  8. Vestibulo cochlea
  9. Glossopharyngeal
  10. Vagus
  11. Accessory
  12. Hypoglossal

Nerves attached to spinal cord 

  • 31 pairs of spinal nerves
  • Ventral root
  • Dorsal root

Internal features 

  1. Grey matter - 'H' shaped / butterfly shaped
  • Ventral horn
  • Dorsal horn
  • Intermediate region
  • Central canal
  • Grey commissure
  • Lateral horn - thoracic.
  1. White matter 
  • Nerve fibre : mostly myelinated .
  • Made of trads : ascending / descending.
  • Anterior of funiculus.
  • Lateral funiculus
  • Posterior funiculus


AUTONOMIC DIFFERENCE


Sympathetic division


Parasympathetic division

Pupil dilate

EYES

Pupil contract

Decrease

SALVATION

Increase

Accelerates

HEART

Slow

Inhibits

DIGESTION

Activates



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