PeterJ.Hand,V.M.D.,Ph.D.

ProfessorEmeritusofAnatomy
DepartmentofAnimalBiology
SchoolofVeterinaryMedicine
UniversityofPennsylvania
GROSSANATOMYLECTURE4
PeripheralNervousSystemSomaticDivision
PeripheralNervousSystem(PNS)
WhatisthePatternofSpinalNerveBranching?BranchesoftheSegmentaltypeofSpinalNerve
(Thoraciclevel)
Somitogenesis
Pairsofsomitesformingalongsidetheneuraltubeinadevelopingembryogiverisetothe
structuresofasinglebodysegment
WhatisthePatternofSpinalNerveBranching?BranchesoftheSegmentaltypeofSpinalNerve
(Thoraciclevel)
SpinalNervesandTheirAttachmenttotheSpinalCord
CatCervicalSpinalNerves

Neurocytology

Whathistologicalcomponentsofanervecellarepresentinaperipheralnerve?
CrossSectionofaTypicalPeripheralNerve

Neurocytology

Whatneuronslookliketheirprocesses
Motorneurons
Sensoryneurons
ConventionsinDepictingNeurons
SensoryNeuronsCarryInformationtotheCNS

WhatisthePatternofSpinalNerveBranching?BranchesoftheSegmentaltypeofSpinalNerve
(Thoraciclevel)
BranchesofaSpinalNerve:
Fiber(meaningaxons)types(orneurontypes)thatareinspinalnervesandtheirbranches

BrachialPlexusFormedbyInterconnectionsAmongVentralRamiofSpinalNerves

SensoryInnervationoftheAxialBodyParts

EachSpinalcordsegmentinnervatesaparticularskinzonecalledadermatome.
Or,alltheskinsensoryneuronsenteringasinglespinalcordsegmentviaitsdorsalroot
innervateasinglebandofskinreferredtoasadermatome.
Dermatomesareverticallyorientedbandsandoccuralongthetrunkinthesameorderas
thespinalcordsegmentsinnervatingthem.Thereisoverlap.
***Dermatomesaremoredifficulttoplotonthelimbsbutroughlygodownthecranial
surfaceandupthecaudalsurfacewithafairamountofoverlap