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Chapter 2D - Nervous System
Chapter 2D - Nervous System
BIO 343
NERVOUS SYSTEM
cranial nerves-
12 pairs
spinal nerves-
31 pairs
vertebra
spinal cord
spinal nerve
sensory
pathway
motor
pathway
Humerus
Radial nerve
Musculocutaneous nerve
Ulna
Radius
Ulnar nerve
Median nerve
Radial nerve (superficial branch)
Dorsal branch of ulnar nerve
Superficial branch of ulnar nerve
Digital branch of ulnar nerve
Muscular branch
Median nerve Figure 13.9 (c)
Digital branch
(c) The major nerves of the upper limb
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Thoracic Nerves
T3-T12
11 intercostal nerves
1 subcostal nerve
Supply muscles of
intercostal spaces
and skin and muscles
of anterior and lateral
trunk
3 INTEGRATING CENTER
(one or more regions within the CNS
that relay impulses from sensory to 4 MOTOR NEURON 5 EFFECTOR
motor neurons) (axon conducts impulses from (muscle or gland that
integrating center to effector) responds to motor
nerve impulses)