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Objectives. Define Sensory Nerve Fibre Outline the various types of sensory nerve fibres Describe two clinical aspects in which damage to sensory nerve fibres is prevalent. Sensory Nerve Fibre:
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Objectives • Define Sensory Nerve Fibre • Outline the various types of sensory nerve fibres • Describe two clinical aspects in which damage to sensory nerve fibres is prevalent
Sensory Nerve Fibre: a threadlike process that conveys impulses from the sensory receptors to the Central Nervous System Sensory Nerves and Sensory Nerve Fibres
Types of Sensory Nerve Fibres • Different sensory nerve fibres innervate different sensory receptors • A numerical system is used by physiologists to classify sensory nerve fibres • There are five types of sensory nerve fibres: Ia, Ib, II, III and IV
Type Ia Sensory Nerve Fibre • Origin: muscle spindles • Insertion: CNS • Function: Proprioception • Largest and fastest sensory nerve fibre • Diameter: 17 um • Myelinated • Conduction Velocity: 102m/s
Type Ib Sensory Fibre • Origin: Golgi tendon organ • Insertion: CNS • Function: Proprioception • Diameter: 16 um • Myelinated • Conduction Velocity: 96m/s
Type II Sensory Nerve Fibre • Innervates touch and pressure receptors • Origin: muscle spindle • Insertion: CNS • Diameter: 8 um • Myelinated • Conduction Velocity: 48 m/s
Type III Sensory Nerve Fibre • Innervates sharp pain and cold receptors as well as some touch receptors • Origin:Skin • Insertion: CNS • Diameter: 3 um • Myelinated • Conduction Velocity: 18m/s
Type IV Sensory Nerve Fibres • Innervates mainly slow, burning pain and temperature receptors • Origin: Skin • Insertion: CNS • Diameter: 0.5-2 um • Unmyelinated • Conduction Velocity: 0.7-1.4 m/s
Damage To Sensory Nerve Fibres • Causes hyperactivity in neighbouring sensory nerve fibres of the same type • Causes localized loss of sensation
Clinical: Deep Gash • Symptoms: • Sharp burst of pain • Throbbing sensation
Clinical: Deep Gash • Specific Sensory Nerve Fibres Involved: • Impulse from Sensory Nerve Fibre Type III • Impulse from Sensory Nerve Fibre Type IV
Clinical: Diabetic Neuropathy • Diabetes • Definition: Nerve damage caused by diabetes • Cause: High blood glucose levels combined with lack of insulin formation or the inability to use insulin • Symptoms: • Numbness, tingling or pain in the feet, legs arms, hands, fingers • Loss of sensation in one ore more of these areas so that a person will be unable to detect temperature or to notice pain
Clinical: Diabetic Neuropathy • Specific Sensory Nerve Fibres involved: • Increasing damage to Type Ia, Type Ib, Type II, Type III and Type IV Sensory Nerve Fibres • Treatment: • Lower blood glucose levels
Conclusion • Sensory Nerve Fibres transmit sensation in the form of impulses from receptors to the CNS • The Four types of Sensory Nerve Fibres are classified as Ia, Ib, II, III,IV • Initial damage to Sensory Nerve Fibres cause over activation in nearby Sensory Nerve Fibres which in the case of pain receptors cause enhanced pain • Extensive damage to Sensory Nerve Fibres results in a localized loss of sensation
References • Web Sites: • http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1422013Circulation • http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/circulationaha%3B101/14/1665Journal Archive • http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/english/jnlabstract_en.php?cdjournal=aohc1982&cdvol=46&noissue=4&startpage=469Science Direct • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science _ob=ArticleURL&_ud • Books: • Medical Phyiology, Guytons 11th edition - Pg. 312, 313, 585-597, 664-665f