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6. Nerve Flashcards

1
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Name the 4 lobes of the brain

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Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

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What are the ridges and valleys of the brain called?

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Ridges= Gyri
Valleys= Sulci
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3
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What are the 3 parts of the brainstem?

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Midbrain
Pons
Medulla

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4
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Why is the brainstem important?

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Its the target or source of all cranial nerves

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5
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What is the cerebellum responsible for?

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Motor coordination
Balance
Posture

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6
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Where does the spinal cord descend from?

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Medulla

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7
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Role of spinal cord

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Conduit for neural transmission

Co-ordinates some reflex actions

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What are the 4 broad types of cells in the nervous system?

Named based on their appearance

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Unipolar: 1 axonal projection
Pseudo-unipolar: single axonal projection that divides into 2
Bipolar: 1 axon, 1 dendrite projection
Multipolar: 1 axon, many dendrites

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9
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What are the 3 types of multipolar cells?

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Pyramidal
Golgi
Purkinje

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10
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Neurones

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Excitable cells of CNS
Heterogeneous morphology
Non-dividing cells

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What are the 3 main parts of a neurone?

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Soma (cell body)
Axon (only 1)
Dendrites (numerous)

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Describe the soma

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Contains nucleus and ribosomes

Has neurofilaments for structure and transport

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13
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Although neurones can differ by morphology, all only have 1

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Axon

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Describe the axon

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Long process (aka nerve fibre)
Originates from soma at axon hillock
Can branch off into ‘collaterals’
Usually myelinated

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Describe dendrites

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Highly branched
NOT myelinated
Receive signals from other neurons

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What are neuroglia?

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All cell types in CNS that aren’t neurones

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17
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What is the difference between axons and dendrites?

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Axons are myelinated and dendrites are not

There is only 1 axon but there are many dendrites

18
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Name 5 neuroglia

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Astrocytes
Ogliodendrocytes
Schwann cells
Microglial cells
Ependymal cells
19
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What is the most abundant cell type in the CNS?

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Astrocytes

20
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Functions of astrocytes

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Structural cells
Cell repair
Immune cells and are considered ‘facultative macrophages’
Neurotransmitter release and re-uptake – help maintain homeostasis

21
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Name 2 myelin producing cells

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Ogliodendrocytes

Schwann cells

22
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Describe ogliodendrocytes

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Provide myelin for other axons
Variable morphology and function
Numerous projections that form internodes of myelin
In CNS 
1 oligodendrocyte myelinates many axons
23
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Describe Schwann cells

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Produce myelin for peripheral nerves

1 Schwann cell myelinates 1 axon segment

24
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Describe Microglial cells

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Specialised cells - similar to macrophages

Perform immune functions in CNS

25
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Describe Ependymal cells

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Epithelial cells - line fluid filled ventricles

Regulate production and movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

26
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What is the usual resting membrane potential?

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Between -40 and -90mV

27
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What are the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of the 4 main ions involved in action potentials?

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Na+ - inside: 10 outside: 140
K+ - inside: 150 outside: 4
Cl- - inside: 5 outside: 120
Ca2+ - inside: 0.1 outside: 2

28
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Why is transport of the main ions regulated by channels and pumps?

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Cell membranes are impermeable to these ions

29
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Describe the uneven ion distribution which creates a potential difference across the cell membrane

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High extracellular: Na+ & Cl-
Low extracellular: K+
High concentration gradient for Ca2+ (into cell)

30
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What is the charge inside neuronal cells compared to outside?

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Negative charge inside compared to outside

31
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At resting membrane potential, what state are the voltage gated sodium and potassium channels in?

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VGSCs: Closed
VGKCs: Closed

32
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Membrane depolarisation

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Opening of VGSCs
Sodium influx
Further depolarisation

33
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What happens to VGKCs in an action potential?

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VGKCs open at a slower rate

Potassium efflux out of cell

34
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Hyperpolarisation

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Getting more and more negative

35
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What does an action potential leave?

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Sodium and Potassium imbalance

Needs to be restored

36
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What restores the ion gradients after an action potential?

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Na+-K+-ATPase (pump) restores the ion gradients

transporter, not channel

37
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Describe the process of depolarisation

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Na+/K+-ATPase uses ATP hydrolysis to move 3 Na+ out (vestibule phosphorylated), changing shape
Then 2 K+ bind and are moved into cell as pump returns to resting configuration

38
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What is saltatory conduction?

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Action potentials jump between adjacent nodes of ranvier

This increases the speed of transmission

39
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How does myelin prevent action potentials spreading?

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Myelin has high resistance and low capacitance (doesn’t store charge)

40
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When is an action potential unable to ‘jump’?

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Across the gap at the axon terminal (synapse)

41
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Describe what occurs when an action potential reaches a synapse

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AP activates VGCCs at synaptic terminal: Ca2+ influx
Ca2+ influx causes vesicle exocytosis and NT release
NT binds to postsynaptic receptors transmitting the signal
NT is either metabolised within the synaptic cleft or recycled by transporter proteins

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