The brachial plexus is a somatic nerve plexus formed by intercommunications among the ventral rami (roots) of the lower 4 cervical nerves (C5-C8) and the first thoracic nerve (T1). It lies partly in the neck and partly in the axilla. It is responsible for the motor innervation of all of the muscles of the upper extremity‚ with the exception of the trapezius and levator scapula. The brachial plexus supplies all of the cutaneous innervation of the upper limb‚ except for the area of the axilla (which
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The Oculomotor nerve functions in opening and moving the eye‚ constricts and focuses the pupil. It originates in the midbrain and passes through the superior orbital fissure of the sphenoid bone. TheTrochlear nerve causes the superior oblique to contract‚ thereby moving the eyeball inferiorly and laterally (Primal). Passes through the sphenoid bone through the superior orbital fissure. The Trigeminal nerve is composed of the ophthalmic‚ maxillary‚ and mandibular nerves. All three serve different
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Sannu’s Story A. In Sannu’s case why is there both sensory loss and muscle weakness? Leprosy is a disease that has been known since biblical times. It causes skin sores‚ nerve damage‚ and muscle weakness that gets worse over time. Leprosy is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. It is not very contagious and it has a long incubation period (time before symptoms appear)‚ which makes it hard to know where or when someone caught the disease. Children are more likely than adults to get the
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E X E R C I S E 3 Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses O B J E C T I V E S 1. To define the following terms: irritability‚ conductivity‚ resting membrane potential‚ polarized‚ sodium-potassium pump‚ threshold stimulus‚ depolarization‚ action potential‚ repolarization‚ hyperpolarization‚ absolute refractory period‚ relative refractory period‚ nerve impulse‚ compound nerve action potential‚ and conduction velocity. 2. To list at least four different stimuli capable of generating
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Exercise 3: Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses Worksheet Assignment Due: Week 4 Student instructions: Follow the step-by-step instructions for this exercise found in your text and record your answers in the spaces below. Submit this completed document by the assignment due date found in the Syllabus. Please make sure that your answers are typed in RED. Please type your Name and Student ID Number here: Charles Coon 4048223 Eliciting a Nerve Impulse Activity 1: Electrical Stimulation
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Exercise 3: Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses Worksheet Eliciting a Nerve Impulse Activity 1: Electrical Stimulation 1. Do you see any kind of response on the oscilloscope screen? No there was no response‚ the line was flat 2. What was the threshold voltage‚ or the voltage at which you first saw an action potential? 3.0V 3. How does this tracing compare to the one that was generated at the threshold voltage? At 3.5V the high & low peaks were just slightly above and below respectively
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The Worksheet Questions Table 1. The effects of phentolamine and atropine on the contractile response to nerve stimulation (20 Hz) in the isolated rabbit ileum | |Contraction amplitude |Contraction amplitude with the |Effect of nerve stimulation on the contraction amplitude | | |pre-nerve stimulation |maximum response to nerve | | | |
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neurons Back ligand gates mechanical gates Front this conduction type is faster and more energy efficient and involves myelinated neurons Back saltatory Front this is the name for a bundle of axons in the PNS Back nerve Page 5
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through the microscope of the neuron‚ the ox spinal cord smear‚ and the teased myelinated nerve. Please describe what you observed on each slide. Questions A. What is the function of a neuron? To carry and transmit electrical impulses generated by both internal and external stimuli. B. What is the difference between a neuron and a nerve? Nerves are organizes bundles of nervous system cells. These bundles are assigned specific areas of
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Reflexes Activity 1 – Nerves Type the numbers‚ in the space provided‚ of the structures pointed out on the diagram of a cross section of a nerve in your lab book with the following terms: 6 axon 12 endoneurium 1 epineurium 2 fascicle 7 motor ending 10 myelin sheath 9 neurilemma 11 node of Ranvier 3 perineurium 5 peripheral nerve 8 Schwann cell 4 sensory receptors What is the difference between a nerve and a neuron? They are both completely different a nerve is a cord like organ
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