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Excitability
Conductivity
Unfatigability
Refractory period
All or none law
Accomodation
Joseph Erlanger
Herbert Spencer Gasser
Fiber Type
Functions
Fiber
Conduction
Diameter
Velocity
(?m)
(m/sec)
A
Proprioception,
12 -20
70 -120
Somatic motor
A
Touch, pressure
5-12
30-70
A
Motor to muscle
3-6
15-30
spindles
A
Pain, temperature
2-5
12-30
B
Preganglionic
<3
3-15
autonomic
C (Dorsal root) Pain, temperature
0.4-1.2
0.5-2
C
Postganglionic
0.3-1.3
0.7-2.3
(Sympathetic)
sympathetic
Number
Origin
Fiber Type
Ia
Muscle Spindle,
A
annulo- spiral ending
Ib
Golgi tendon organs
A
II
Muscle spindle,
A
flower spray ending;
touch , pressure
III
Pain and cold
A
receptors, some
touch receptors
IV
Pain, temperature,
C
and other receptors
Susceptibility
Most
Intermediate
Least
to:
Susceptible
susceptible
Hypoxia
B
A
C
Pressure
A
B
C
Local
C
B
A
Anaesthetics
Augustus Volney Waller
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