Special somatic afferent fibers

Afferent nerve fibers

Special somatic afferent fibers (SSA) are the afferent nerve fibers that carry information from the special senses of vision, hearing and balance. The cranial nerves containing SSA fibers are the optic nerve (CN II) and the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII).^[1]^[2]

References

^ Drake et al. (2010), Gray's Anatomy for Students, 2nd Ed., Churchill Livingstone.
^ Standring, Susan, ed. (2016). "Overview of the nervous system". Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (41 ed.). Elsevier. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.

External links

Overview at mmi.mcgill.ca

Nervous tissue

CNS

Tissue Types

Grey matter
White matter
- Projection fibers
- Association fiber
- Commissural fiber
- Lemniscus
- Nerve tract
- Decussation
Neuropil
Meninges

Cell Types

Neuronal	Pyramidal Purkinje Granule Spindle Medium spiny Interneuron
Glial	Astrocyte Ependymal cells Tanycyte Microglia Oligodendrocyte Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell

PNS

General	Dorsal Root Ganglion Ramus Ventral Root Ramus Ramus communicans Gray White Autonomic ganglion (Preganglionic nerve fibers Postganglionic nerve fibers) Nerve fascicle Funiculus
Connective tissues	Epineurium Perineurium Endoneurium
Neuroglia	Myelination: Schwann cell Neurilemma Myelin incisure Node of Ranvier Internodal segment Satellite glial cell

Neurons/
nerve fibers

Parts

Soma	Axon hillock
Axon	Telodendron Axon terminals Axoplasm Axolemma Neurofibril/neurofilament
Dendrite	Nissl body Dendritic spine Apical dendrite/Basal dendrite

Types

Afferent nerve fiber/
Sensory neuron

Efferent nerve fiber/
Motor neuron

Termination

Synapse	Electrical synapse/Gap junction Chemical synapse Synaptic vesicle Active zone Postsynaptic density Autapse Ribbon synapse Neuromuscular junction
Sensory receptors	Meissner's corpuscle Merkel nerve ending Pacinian corpuscle Ruffini ending Muscle spindle Free nerve ending Nociceptor Olfactory receptor neuron Photoreceptor cell Hair cell Taste receptor