nerveous tissue

NERVEOUS TISSUE
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Sensory nerve endings
The sensory nerve endings respond to stimuli
in the periphery and send nerve impulses to
the central nervous system(hence they may be
called beginnings)
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types of receptors

MORPHOLOGICAL NERVE ENDINGS IS
CLASSIFIED INTO TWO TYPES
1) Nonencapsulated (free) nerve endings
2) Encapsulated nerve ending
NONENCAPSULATED NERVE ENDING
Constitute the most common variety of
sensory nerve endings in the body
These may be unmyelinated or fine
myelinated
Found in connective tissue fibres and cells and
around muscle fibre

free nerve fibers
Are functionally specialized to respond to
sensation of pain, temperature and fine touch
In epidermis,
A no. of free nerve terminals form expended, disc like
endings which are associated with modified epithelial
cells located in the stratum basale called merkel cells
Collectively called as merkel corpuscle
Functions specialized mechanoreceptors that
perceive discriminatory touch found in finger tips
and lips
ENCAPSULATED NERVE ENDINGS

Nerve fibre terminals are enveloped by
specialized connective tissue capsules
greatly in shape and size

CLASSIFICATION OF ENCAPSULATED
NERVE ENDINGS

Meissner's corpuscles
Pacinian corpuscles
Ruffini's corpuscles
Krause's end bulbs
Muscle spindles
Golgi tendon organs
MEISSNER'S CORPUSCLES
These are oval bodies measuring about 150 micro metre in
length and 75 micro metre in diameter
found in, finger tips, palms and soles
eyelids, lips and nipples
They are covered by connective tissue capsule, continues
with epineurium
Multilayered stacks of transversely disposed flattened cells,
which are supposed to be specialized Schwann cells
found with in the capsule
They are concerned with the perception of touch sensation
only also known as tactile corpuscles of Meissner
Meissners corpuscle
PACINIAN CORPUSCLES
large
ovoid structures
diameter,
about 1-2 mm in length and 0.5-1 mm in diameter
contains one unmyelinated nerve fibre, which
becomes myelinated as it leaves the corpuscle
Paccinians corpuscle
INNER CORE
surrounds axon along entire length and consist of
many layers of tightly packed, flatened Schwann
cells
OUTER CORE
bulk of capsule consist of approximately 60
concentric layers found in deep dermis and
hypodermis

Pacinian corpuscle
RUFFINI'S CORPUSCLES
fusiform structures
about 1-2mm in length and 0.2 mm in diameter
consist of thin connective tissue capsule
enclosing a fluid filled space
this space is transversed by bundle of collagen
fibre that pass through capsule are joined to
other collagen
ruffin's corpuscles are found in dermis,
subcutaneous tissue, joint capsule

Ruffinis corpuscle
KRAUSE'S END BULBS
spherical bodies consisting of thin connective
tissue that surrounds a central cavity
a myelinated fibre enters the cavity loses its
myelin sheath, and divides into a number of
branches which terminate in club like endings
found in papillary layer of dermis of skin, in
peritoneum ,conjunctiva ,joints and external
genitalia
Krauses end bulbs
MUSCLE SPINDLES
also called as neuromuscular spindles
a muscle spindle is generally less than a mm
wide upto 5 mm long
each muscle consist of 6 to 14 modefied
striated muscle fibres called intrafusal muscle
fibres
smaller in both diameter and length than
ordinary muscle spindle called extra fusal
muscle fibre
Muscle spindles
VARIETIES OF INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE
FIBRES
1) nuclear bag fibres
2) nuclear chain fibres
NUCLEAR BAG FIBRES
show a central bag like dilation in which are
clustered numerous myonuclei
NUCLEAR CHAIN FIBRES
are thinner than nuclear bag fibres
exibit only single row of myonuclei in their central
part
GOLGI TENDON ORGANS
found in
tendons and are located near the muscletendon
junction
are cylinderical structures
about 0.1 mm in diameter and 1 mm in length
consist of fiberous capsule which contains a
bundle of loosely arranged, wavy collagen
fibres called intrafusal collagen fibres
Golgi tendon organ
Golgi tendon organs
nerve impulses from the golgi tendon organs
reach the interneurons in the spinal cord,
which in turn exert an inhibtory influence on
alpha motor neuron
located in anterior grey horns of spinal cord,
causing relaxation of muscles to which the
particular tendon is attached
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