7-8 Study Guide Flashcards
General functions of nervous system
- Sensory input
- Integration
- Motor output
Sensory input
Get info/receive stimuli
Integration
Process and decide whether to react
Motor output
Activate response
Reaction of muscles or glands
CNS
Central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
PNS
Peripheral nervous system
Cranial and spinal nerves
Subdivisions of PNS
Sensory (nerves)
motor (nerves)
Afferent system
Sense organs
Efferent system
Motor system
Somatic
Voluntary nerve
Skeletal muscles
Autonomic
Involuntary
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle
Glands
Autonomic system divided into
Parasympathetic
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Rest and digest
Conserves energy
Regulates body functions
Sympathetic
Fight or flight
Thoracolumbar
Endoneurium
Connective tissue sheath that surrounds each nerve fiber
Perineurium
Wraps groups of nerve fibers into a fascicle
Epineurium
Binds groups of fasicles
Neuroglia
Supporting cells
Resemble neurons
Unable to conduct nerve impulses
Never lose dividing ability
Nuclei
Clusters of cell bodies in CNS
Ganglia
Clusters of cell bodies in PNS (outside of CNS)
Tracts
Bundles of nerve fibers in CNS
Nerves
Bundles of nerve fibers in PNS
White matter
Collections of myelinated fibers (tracts)
Gray matter
unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies
Functional classification of neurons
Afferent
Efferent
Interneurons
Efferent/motor
Impulses from CNS to Muscles or glands
Interneurons
Association neurons
Cell bodies in CNS
Connect sensory and motor neurons
Afferent neurons
Impulses from sensory receptors to CNS
Receptors include:
Cutaneous sense organs in skin
Proprioceptors in muscles and tendons
Nissl bodies
Rough ER
Functional classification of neurons
Afferent (sensory)
Efferent (motor)
Interneurons (association neurons)
Structural classification of neurons
of processes
Multipolar
Bipolar
Unipolar
Unipolar neurons
Short, single process leaving cell body
Sensory found in PNS
Impulses toward and away from body
Bipolar neurons
One axon + one dendrite
Special sense organs, like nose and eyes
Rare in adults
Multipolar
Many extensions from cell body
Motor and interneurons
Most common structural type
Neurofibrils
Intermediate filaments that maintain cell shape
PNS glial cells
Schwann cells
Satellite cells
Schwann cells
Form myelin sheath around nerve fibers in PNS
Satellite cells
Protect and cushion neuron cell bodies
Astrocytes found in
CNS
Astrocytes
Abundant, start shaped,
- Brace and anchor neurons to blood capillaries
- Control chemical environment:
- Permeability, exchanges between blood capillaries and neurons.
- Protect from harmful substances in blood
Most abundant and versatile neuroglia
Astrocytes
Microglia found in
CNS
Microglia
1.Spider-like phagocytes
2. Monitor health of nearby neurons
3. Dispose of debris
Phagocytes that defend CNS cells
Microglia
Ependymal cells found in
CNS
Ependymal cells
Line cavities of brain and spinal cord
Cilia help circulate cerebrospinal fluid
Oligodendrocytes found in
CNS
Oligodendrocytes
Wrap around nerve fibers in CNS
Make myelin sheath
Line cerebrospinal fluid filled cavities
Ependymal cells
Have processes that form myelin sheaths around CNS nerve fibers
Oligodendrocytes
Satellite cells
Protect and cushion neuron cell bodies
Main regions of cerebral hemisphere
Cortex
White matter
Basal nuclei
Cortex
1.Superficial grey matter
2.Localizes and interprets sensory inputs
- Controls voluntary and skilled skeletal muscle activity
- Intellectual and emotional processing
Basal nuclei
Deep pockets of grey matter
Control skeletal muscle movements
Modify instructions of primary motor cortex
Regions of brain stem
Midbrain
Pons
Medulla oblongata
Reticular formation- a functional system
Midbrain
1.VA (visual, auditory)
2. Subcortical motor
3. 3-4
Pons
1.Info from cerebrum to cerebellum
2. Breathing
3. 5-7
Medulla oblongata
1.Crossover pyramids
2. 8-12
3. Senses from skin & proprioceptors
4. Vessel diameter, vomiting, heart rate
Reticular formation-a functional system
1.Alertness/ repetitive stimuli
2.skeletal/visceral muscle
3.Diffuse mass of Gray matter along brain stem
Cerebellum
- Motor cortex
- Balance, coordination, speech, timing
- Has outer cortex (grey)
White matter
Visual area
Occipital lobe
Auditory area
Temporal lobe
Olfactory area
Temporal lobe
Primary somatic sensory area location
Parietal lobe post central sulcus
Primary somatic sensory area
Impulses from body’s sensory receptors, pain temp, light touch (not special senses)