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Human Anatomy: Peripheal Nervous System
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11th Grade
10/23/2012

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Term
Trigeminal Nerve
Definition
Sensory for the face; motor fibers to chewing muscles
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Abducens Nerve
Definition
motor fibers to eye muscles
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Facial Nerve
Definition
Sensory for taste; motor fibers to the face
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Vestibulocochlear Nerve
Definition
Sensory for balance and hearing
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Definition
Sensory for taste; motor fibers to the pharynx
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Vagus Nerve
Definition
Sensory and motor fibers for pharynx, larynx, and viscera
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Accesory Nerve
Definition
motor fibers to neck and upper back
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Hypoglossal Nerve
Definition
The motor fibers to the tongue
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Olfactory Area
Definition
Location: Temporal Lobe; interprets smells
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Auditory Area
Definition
Location: Temporal Lobe; enables perceptions of sounds (general hearing), essential in comprehending speech
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Optic Nerve
Definition
Sensory for vision
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Occulomtor Nerve
Definition
motor fibers to eye muscles
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Trochlear Nerve
Definition
motor fiber to eye muscles
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Number of thoracic nerves
Definition
12
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number of lumbar nerves
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5
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number of sacral nerves
Definition
5
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number of pairs of human spinal nerves
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31
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Parasympathetic effect on the lungs
Definition
contrricts bronchioles (back to normal)
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sympathetic effect on lungs
Definition
dilates bronchioles
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parasympathetic effect on heart
Definition
decreases rate (slow & steady)
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sympathetic effect on heart
Definition
Increases rate
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Parasympathetic effects on glands
Definition
stimulates (increases production of saliva, tears, gastric juice)
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sympathetic effect on the glands
Definition
Inhibits (dry mouth & eyes)
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Parasympathetic effect on urinary bladder
Definition
Relaxes sphincters (allows voiding)
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Sympathetic effect on urinary bladder
Definition
contricts sphincters (constricts voiding)
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Parasympathetic effect on liver
Definition
NONE
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Parasympathetic effect on the eyes
Definition
constricts pupils; stimulates bulging of lens (close vision)
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Sympathetic effect on the eyes
Definition
Dilates pupil; decrease lens bulging (distant vision)
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Parasympathetic effect on the digestive system
Definition
Increases smooth muscle mobility (peristalis) & amount of secretion by digestive system glands; relaxes sphincters
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Sympathetic effect on the digestive system
Definition
Decreases activity of digestive system & contricts digestive system sphincters (anal sphincter)
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which divison is considered the housekeeping system of the body?
Definition
parasympathertic divison
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this divison is often referred to as the fight of flight system
Definition
sympathetic divison
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