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Numbers from a nerve conduction test on both hands help to measure the speed and strength of the electrical signals transmitted through the nerves. Lower numbers may indicate nerve damage or dysfunction, while higher numbers are within normal range. The results are analyzed by a neurologist or healthcare provider to determine any issues with nerve function.
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Is vagus nerve a motor nerve?
Yes, the vagus nerve is a mixed nerve that contains both motor and sensory fibers. It is responsible for controlling various involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate, digestion, and breathing.
What nerve that contains fibers that both send and receive messages is called?
A mixed nerve, such as the trigeminal nerve, contains both sensory and motor fibers that can send and receive messages. These nerves are responsible for carrying both sensory information from the body to the brain and motor commands from the brain to the muscles.
What is similar between the optic nerve and the auditory nerve?
The optic nerve and the auditory nerve are both crucial components of the sensory nervous system, responsible for transmitting sensory information to the brain. Each nerve carries signals from specialized sensory receptors—photoreceptors in the eyes for the optic nerve and hair cells in the cochlea for the auditory nerve. Both nerves play essential roles in enabling perception, with the optic nerve facilitating vision and the auditory nerve facilitating hearing. Additionally, they are both part of the central nervous system pathways that process and interpret sensory stimuli.
Is the phrenic nerve a mixed nerve?
Yes, the phrenic nerve is a mixed nerve. It contains both motor and sensory fibers. The phrenic nerve plays a crucial role in controlling the diaphragm, the main muscle involved in breathing.
What happens with demyelination and denervation?
Demyelination is the loss of the protective covering (myelin sheath) around nerve fibers, which can lead to impaired nerve conduction. Denervation refers to the loss of nerve supply to a particular muscle or organ, which can result in muscle weakness or dysfunction. Both conditions can lead to a variety of neurological symptoms depending on the location and extent of the damage.
If the position of a nerve was reversed and its conduction velocity recorded would it be the same as if it were not reversed?
Nerve conduction is the same in both directions. The rate of conduction is mediated by the physical properties of the nerve and the voltage sensitive channels so as long as the diameter is constant the spread of the action potential would be the same in either direction.
What would cause dizziness and tingling fingers on both hands?
Dizziness and tingling in both hands and fingers can be caused by a pinched nerve or the limbs being asleep. It is best to see a doctor if this persists.
What causes the symptoms of transverse myelitis?
The symptoms of transverse myelitis are due to damage and/or destruction of the myelin sheath, the fatty white covering of nerve fibers that serves both to insulate the nerve fibers and to speed nervous conduction along them.
Is the Carpal tunnel nerve conduction velocity test painful?
It can be, about 10-20% of patients will describe it as a discomfort, or electrical stinging sensation. There are two types of test you should be getting; one is a nerve conduction study and the second is an EMG. An EMG is where the provider uses very small needles that are inserted into the muscles of the arms and sends small electrical impulses to test certain nerves in the upper extremities. No there is just about nothing too it. Had the test done on both hands and hardly remember having it done other then paying the doctor.
How is radiation and conduction alike?
Radiation and conduction are both methods of heat transfer. They both involve the movement of heat from a warmer object to a cooler one. Radiation transfers heat through electromagnetic waves, while conduction transfers heat through direct contact between objects.
Where is the pinced nerve when both hands are partially numb but no pain?
im pretty sure that it would be the brachial and ulnar nerves being pinched, but im not a doctor
How is radiation amd conduction alike?
Radiation and conduction are alike in the fact that they both transfer energy.
How are echinoderms and chordates similar?
both have a nerve cord
In a liquid can the heat transfer both by conduction and convection?
yes. it is conduction on the surface to begin with. later on, it is convenction
What do conduction and radiant energy have in common?
both radiation and conduction give off heat to another object
Is a pan over a flame radiation or conduction?
Both the flame heating the pan and the pan heating the water are examples of conduction. Convection is when the molecules of water heat other molecules of water.
What does conduction and convection have in common?
Conduction and convection are both methods of heat transfer. They both require a material medium for the transfer to occur - conduction is through direct contact between materials, while convection involves the movement of fluids.
