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PowerPoint ® Lecture Slide Presentation by Patty Bostwick-Taylor, Florence-Darlington Technical College Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings PART C 7 The Nervous System

The Nervous System

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The Nervous System. Protection of the Central Nervous System. Scalp and skin. Protection of the Central Nervous System. Figure 7.17a. Meninges. Dura mater Double-layered external covering Periosteum — Meningeal Layer- Folds inward in several areas. Meninges. Arachnoid layer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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PowerPoint® Lecture Slide Presentation by Patty Bostwick-Taylor, Florence-Darlington Technical College

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

PART C7

The Nervous System

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Protection of the Central Nervous System

Scalp and skin

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Protection of the Central Nervous System

Figure 7.17a

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Meninges

Dura mater

Double-layered external covering

Periosteum—

Meningeal Layer-

Folds inward in several areas

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Meninges

Arachnoid layer

Pia mater

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Meninges

Figure 7.17b

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Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

Similar to blood plasma composition

Formed by the choroid plexus

Forms a watery cushion to protect the brain

Circulated in arachnoid space, ventricles, and central canal of the spinal cord

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Figure 7.18a–b

Ventricles and Location of the Cerebrospinal Fluid

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Ventricles and Location of the Cerebrospinal Fluid

Figure 7.18c

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Hydrocephalus in a Newborn

Hydrocephalus

Figure 7.19

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Blood-Brain Barrier

Includes the least permeable capillaries of the body

Excludes many potentially harmful substances

Useless as a barrier against some substances

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Traumatic Brain Injuries

Concussion

Contusion

Cerebral edema

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

Commonly called a stroke

The result of a ruptured blood vessel supplying a region of the brain

Brain tissue supplied with oxygen from that blood source dies

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Alzheimer’s Disease

Progressive degenerative brain disease

Mostly seen in the elderly, but may begin in middle age

Structural changes in the brain include abnormal protein deposits and twisted fibers within neurons

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Spinal Cord

Extends from the foramen magnum of the skull to the first or second lumbar vertebra

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Spinal Cord Anatomy

Figure 7.20 (1 of 2)

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Spinal Cord Anatomy

Figure 7.20 (2 of 2)

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Spinal Cord Anatomy

Internal gray matter is mostly cell bodies

Dorsal (posterior) horns

Anterior (ventral) horns

Gray matter surrounds the central canal

Exterior white mater—conduction tracts

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Spinal Cord Anatomy

Figure 7.21

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Spinal Cord Anatomy

Meninges cover the spinal cord

Spinal nerves leave at the level of each vertebrae

Dorsal root

Ventral root

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Pathways Between Brain and Spinal Cord

Figure 7.22

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

Nerves and ganglia outside the central nervous system

Nerve

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PNS: Structure of a Nerve

Endoneurium surrounds each fiber

Groups of fibers are bound into fascicles by perineurium

Fascicles

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PNS: Structure of a Nerve

Figure 7.23

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PNS: Classification of Nerves

Mixed nerves

Sensory (afferent) nerves

Motor (efferent) nerves

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PNS: Cranial Nerves

12 pairs of nerves that mostly serve the head and neck

Only the pair of vagus nerves extend to thoracic and abdominal cavities

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PNS: Cranial Nerves

I Olfactory

II Optic

III Oculomotor nerve

IV Trochlear

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PNS: Cranial Nerves

V Trigeminal

VI Abducens

VII Facial

VIII Vestibulocochlear

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PNS: Cranial Nerves

IX Glossopharyngeal nerve—

X Vagus nerves—

XI Accessory nerve—

XII Hypoglossal

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PNS: The Cranial Nerves

Table 7.1 (1 of 4)

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PNS: The Cranial Nerves

Table 7.1 (2 of 4)

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PNS: The Cranial Nerves

Table 7.1 (3 of 4)

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PNS: The Cranial Nerves

Table 7.1 (4 of 4)

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PNS: Distribution of Cranial Nerves

Figure 7.24