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A Phys - Quiz 6 info (p. 88-124) Flashcards

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What are the differences between invertebrate and vertebrate light reception

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  • invertebrates have PLC made as teh 2nds messenger from the G-protein (transducin) and that is used to stimulate PIP2 in the membrane which in turn makes IP3 and DAG. These two messengers close the Na+ channel and stop Na+ influx.
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PIP2 stands for;

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Phosphatidyl 4, 5-bisphosphate

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DAG stands for;

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Diacylglycerol

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IP3 stands for;

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Inositol triphosphate

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PLC stands for;

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Phospholipase C

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PDE stands for;

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phosphodiesterase

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When the invertebrate photoreceptor cell is exposed to light, what happens?

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  • the cell depolarizes, moving away from the K+ Nernst pot.
  • there is increase G(Na) (maximum sodium conductance)
  • it is moving towards 0/towards E(Na)
  • when light is no longer on, the cell hyperpolarizes (Na+/K+ ATPase) and returns to a negative, resting potential.
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When the vertebrate photoreceptor cell is exposed to light, what happens?

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  • the cell is close to zero and hyperpolarizes towards the K nernst potential
  • there is a decrease in G(Na) (maximum sodium conductance
  • once the light is off, the potential depolarizes as Na+ influxes.
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What is the ERG? What is it used for?

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It is an electroretinogram that tracks the electrical activity of the retina in response to light stimulus

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What is the a wave in an electroretinogram?

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it is hyperpolarization due to inhibition of dark current in photoreceptor cells, it is the first movement and it is downward on a graph; it happens immediately after light is applied.

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What is the b wave in an electroretinogram?

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it is the depolarization of bipolar cells, it is second wave and is significantly larger than the a wave; it happens directly after the a wave and happens while light is applied.

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What is the c wave in an electroretinogram?

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it is the interaction between photoreceptor cells and pigmented epithelium; this happens after the light is turned off and it is a signal that these cells are functional (bc they are wrapped around photoreceptor cells)

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Across a turtle, toad, rabbit and human, how are the ERGs similar and different?

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Similar:
- they all have an a and b wave
- the a and b wave are in the same directions as human waves

Different:
- the toad and turtle have a d wave as well
- there is variability in the amount of volts and milliseconds for each

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What is nociception?

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the detection of painful/noxious stimuli

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Mechanical nociceptors are most _____, and respond to __________ damage such as: _______, crushing, and _______. These are also the _____ to respond

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basic; mechanical; cutting; pinching; fastest

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Thermal nociceptors respond to _________ extremes, they are enabled by _______ _____ channels that open at certain _______

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temperature; TRP cation; temperatures

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Polymodal nociceptors are most _____ and respond ______ to all kinds of damaging stimuli; they respond to _____ released from ______ tissues. It takes _____ to work but senses pain over a ______ ______.

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complex; equally; chemicals; injured; longer; long period

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_____ _____ activates nociceptors

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tissue damage

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What do damaged cells release?

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signaling chemicals, 5-HT, bradykinin, prostaglandins

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What do chemicals like 5-HT, bradykinin and prostaglandins open?

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cation channels on nociceptor cells and trigger APs down the dorsal root ganglion neuron

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How do nociceptors send signals to the brain?

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they synapse in the spinal cord with afferent neurons to the brain

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What are some characteristics of pain?

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  • initial sharp twinge of pain via the fast pain pathway
  • secondary, diffuse wave of pain shortly after + occurs via the slow pain pathway
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What is involved in the fast pain pathway (+ characterize it)

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characterization: initial sharpe twinge of pain
Involved:
- mechanical nociceptors
- thermal nociceptors

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What is involved in the slow pain pathway (+ characterize it)

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characterization: secondary, diffuse wave of pain shortly after painful stimuli
involved:
- triggered by chemicals released by damaged tissue + detected by polymodal nociceptors
- prolonged pain

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What is true about the nervous system across organisms?

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different organisms have different structures and complexities of a nervous system, the human has a very complex nervous system while the sea star contains a neural ring and some radial nerves.

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What are neural nets?

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a connected series of neurons who do a specific function

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What are ganglia?

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a collection of nerves with an entrance and exit point for integration

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What happens to the amount of branches closer to the brain?

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There are more branches closer to the brain and less branches further from the brain.

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What are some functions of the CNS that all mammals and vertebrates can do

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1) Subconsciously regulate
2) Voluntarily control movement
3) Conscious awareness of body and surroundings

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What are some other functions of the CNS that only mammals can do

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4) Experience emotions
5) Engage in higher cognitive processes (thought/memory)

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Monosynaptic reflex arc/loop information flow in the NS

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the stimulus on tissue and travels along the axon (via neuron with cell body on outside of cell) until it reaches a synapse (central nervous system) and the NTs evoke some type of response in the postsynaptic cell. There can be a motor neuron that then releases NTs into an effector cell
common in humans

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Single-cell connection of information flow in the nervous system

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the stimulus hits the tissue, and dendrites are embedded into the tissue. The dendrites are connected to the soma/receptor cell and the AP is fired, it travels along the axon until the axon terminals which are attached to the effector cell

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Polysynaptic reflex arc information flow in the NS

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The stimulus causes dendrites in receptor cell to influence an afferent sensory neuron through APs and NTs. This then synapses on an interneuron and that synapses to an efferent motor neuron (these two neurons are part of the central nervous system), the efferent motor neuron produces some change in the effector cell.

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What are the three main functional classes of neurons?

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Afferent, efferent and interneurons

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Afferent neurons can _____ the _______ environment and send signals to __ __ __
+ some examples are:

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sense; peripheral; CNS
- inner hair cells, gustatory cells, nociceptors

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Efferent neurons can _____ CNS information/commands to _____ organs
+ one example is:

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transmit; effector
- motor neurons

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Interneurons can _______ ______ information, coordinate ______ response, and modify both types of information content. This is only in __ __ __ and most abundant neuron type: ______ _____ neurons

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integrate afferent; efferent; CNS; higher-order neurons

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Interneurons are cool because:

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  • they have more complex/finer control and the integrator is modifying affarent information -> shows complexity of NS
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A unipolar (sensory) neuron is characterized by:

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  • the dendrites are getting information from one area/they are embedded into one area and the dendrites are not on the cell body (cell body off to side of axon)
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A multipolar (inter- and motor) neuron is characterized by:

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dendrites are getting information from many different sources because they are pointing in many different directions. The dendrites are connected to the cell body and from the cell body, an AP travels down axon

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What can we see between the NS’s of an amphibian and mammal?

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  • the functional NS is preserved
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What is the lateral line?

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a system of sensory organs used to sense movement, vibration and pressure in the water surrounding the aquatic animal. (fish, sharks, mantas, etc.)

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What is a dermatome?

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one set of spinal nerves that control one block of muscle

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The evolution of the lateral line system shows that…

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…as fish get more complex, the lateral line system gets more complex

45
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The dermatome is helpful to know for ______ anatomy and NS too. We know that the function of dermatomes here is for the ______ of ____________ surfaces of the _____.

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human; mapping; somatosensory; body

46
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What are the supportive CNS cells?

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Glial cells

47
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What are the four types of glial cells?

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  • oligodendrocytes
  • microglia
  • ependymal cells
  • astrocytes
48
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Oligodendrocytes _____ ____ sheaths for _ _ _ neurons

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form myelin; CNS

49
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Microglia ________ microorganisms, cellular _____ from dying or _____ cells, and regulate _____ networks

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phagocytize; debris; injured; neuronal

50
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Ependymal cells _____ and monitor __________ fluid that circulates ____ and ______ throughout the CNS via the __________ system

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synthesize; cerebrospinal; nutrients; ions; ventricular

51
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Astrocytes ____and establish the ___ - ____ barrier, supply _____ with compounds for making _____, and transfer ______ to neurons

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regulate; blood-brain; neurons; NTs; mitochondria

52
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What direction is the ventricular system of the cerebrospinal fluid through CNS

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  • it is 2-directional and keeps fresh fluid
53
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The blood to brain must pass a _____ _____: brain ________ are sealed via _____ ______

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selective barrier; capillaries; tight junctions

54
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What are some of the things that must be transported into brain from blood by membrane transport proteins?

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  • glucose
  • amino acids
  • ions
    so this is highly selective
55
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What are some exceptions in the blood-brain barrier?

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  • O2, CO2, alcohols and steroid hormones
  • these diffuse through the membrane bc small or lipophilic
56
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Astrocytes ____ partially (only where pores) around ______ to physically regulate CNS –> _____ transport (and vice versa)

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wrap; capillaries; blood

57
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Astrocytes also maintain _____ concentrations in ____ environment.

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ionic; interstitial

58
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Through maintaining ionic concentrations: __ _ channels (ex: Kir 4.1) in astrocytes allow __ _ in one area and then out into the _____
Gene mutations for Kir 4.1 associated with _______

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K+; K+; blood

epilepsy

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Through maintaining ionic concentrations: astrocytes _______ extracellular __ _ when __ _/__ _ ATP____ overwhelmed

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remove; K+; Na+/K+; ATPase

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What are essential anatomical parts of the brain in vertebrates?

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  • cerebellum
  • occipital/optic lobe
  • cerebrum
  • pituitary
61
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What are the lobes of the cerebral cortex?

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  • occipital lobe
  • temporal lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • frontal lobe
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What are the functions of the frontal lobe?

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  • speech formation
  • voluntary motor activity
  • decision making
  • elaboration of thought
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What are the functions of the parietal lobe?

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  • receive and process somatosensory input (touch, pain, temperature)
  • memory formation of somatosensory experiences
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What are the functions of the temporal lobe?

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  • processes auditory information (tonal stuff)
  • speech understanding (can tell if injury hear if speech of someone else is suddenly garbled to you)
  • storing/accessing memory
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What are the functions of the occipital lobe?

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  • initial processing of visual input
  • depth-distance perception
  • object and individual recognition
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What is important about how different things like hearing, seeing, thinking and speaking are shown in brain activity?

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  • hearing, seeing and speaking are most active in their parts but also show activity across other lobes
  • thinking shows activity across all lobes of the brain.
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Is motor control efferent or afferent?

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It is efferent

68
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Where is the primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus) found?

What does it do?

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It is found in the front of the brain, in the frontal lobe

Voluntary movement

69
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Is somatosensory sensation efferent or afferent?

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afferent

70
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Where is the somatosensory cortex (postcentral gyrus) found?

What does it do?

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It is found in the back of the brain, in the parietal lobe

it senses touch, pain, temp

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What divides the primary motor cortex and somatosensory cortex?

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the central sulcus (there is some connection between the two sides, not completely separate)

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What does the somatosensory cortex do in more depth?

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  • processes skin-based (somesthetic) sensory info
  • nociceptors, thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors
73
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What does the primary motor cortex do in more depth?

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  • voluntary control of skeletal muscle
  • speech production
  • elaboration of thought (decision making, creativity, personality)
74
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Both somatosensory and motor cortices are ________ in innervation, which means the ____ side of the body sends information to the _____ somatosensory cortex.

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contralateral; left; right

75
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What can we tell from comparative cortices of mammals?

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some mammals have larger proportioning for some parts of the brain area, like a tarsier has a huge occipital cortex (has large eyes) whereas the rat has a huge olfactory nerve (can smell very well). In comparison, humans cannot see or smell as well.

76
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What is a homunculus

A
77
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The cerebellum is the _______ control of ______ _______

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subconscious; motor activity

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In the cerebellum there is _____ reception of ________ feedback from somatic receptors in _______ and ______ apparatus (inner ear). There is also ______ reception of ______ input from _______ in primary ________ cortex. There is one other _______ command of _____ position (posture, _______)

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affarent; sensory; periphery; vestibular; efferent; motor; neurons; motor; efferent; body; balance

79
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Pathway for control of voluntary movements (6 steps!)
1) what type of input?
2) what happens first when you need to understand stimuli?
3) how/where does the response start?
4) What needs to happen, then?
5) Does anything additional need to happen to make sure it runs smoothly?
6)How do things continue to work/act?

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1) Sensory input
2) Integration: planning & decision making center
3) Coordination: cerebellar input
4) Execution: spinal cord to skeletal muscle
5) Maintenance: posture, balance, gait
6) Continuous feedback

80
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What are the two modes of swimming for an organism like the pink helmet jelly?

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  • slow rhythmic beating of bell
  • rapid beats in response to mechanical stimulation
81
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Where is the hypothalamus located?

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At the top of the brainstem => evolutionarily older

82
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What is one major hypothalamus function?

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physiological setpoint storage, brain area most involved in directly regulating internal homeostasis

83
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What are some other functions of the hypothalamus? (hint: think of regulation and coordination of body functions)

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  • controls body temp, urine output/thirst, food intake
  • regulates hormone production
  • coordinates ANS
  • regulates emotional and behavioral (especially sexual) patterns
  • participates in sleep-wake cycle
84
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The brains stem ______ many _____ ________ functions necessary to support life such as:

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  • cardiovascular center
  • respiratory center
  • swallowing center
  • emesis center
  • sleep center (with hypothalamus)
85
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The ____ _____ originate in _______ and ____/_____ signals to/from ______ organs and ______ organs

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cranial nerves; brainstem; send/receive; vital; sensory

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Some signals that the cranial nerve sends/receives are…

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  • senses (vision, audition, gustation, olfaction)
  • movements of face, head, neck, throat, eyes (swallowing, chewing, salivation)
  • digestive organs and heart monitoring/control
87
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What does the spinal cord do?

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  • very little processing; primarily afferent/efferent movement of info
88
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What is white matter? What is embedded in it?

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It is the myelinated axon tracts and it contains the afferent and efferent tracts

89
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What is grey matter? What is embedded in it?

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It is the neuron cell bodies, interneurons
embedded:
- dorsal horn: cell bodies of interneurons
- ventral horn: cell bodies of efferent motor neurons

90
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What are reflexes?

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muscle movements occurring autonomously in response to a stimulus

91
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What are the two types of reflexes?

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  • simple (basic) reflexes
  • acquired (conditioned) reflexes
92
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Simple reflexes are _____ and _________

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innate; unlearned

93
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Acquired reflexes are a _____ of _____ and ______

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result; practice; learning

94
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What is the mechanism of a reflex arc?

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1) sensory receptor - responds to stimulus
2) afferent pathway - relay
3) integrating center (spinal cord (simple), brain (acquired)) - processes available information
4) Efferent pathway - relay
5) Effector - carries out response

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What are the two neuron chains in the autonomic nervous system?

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  • preganglionic fiber
  • postganglionic fiber
96
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The ________ fiber goes from ____ to postganglionic fiber

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CNS; postganglionic fiber

97
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The ________ fiber goes from the preganglionic fiber to _____ ______

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postganglionic; effector organ

98
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What does the preganglionic fiber release as NTs?

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always releases acetylcholine (ACh)

99
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What does the postganglionic fiber use as NTs to control the effector organ?

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  • Acetylcholine (ACh)
    or
  • epinephrine/norepinephrine (Epi, NE)
100
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Where do the NTs of the postganglionic fiber go? What is an example of this?

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onto receptors in effector organs and tissues. An example is at the neuromuscular junction where a PostG fiber meets the muscle it controls

101
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Sympathetic nervous system has Preganglionic nerves that have what type of fibers and release what NTs? And postganglionic nerves that have what type of fibers and release what type of NTs?

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Preganglionic nerves: cholinergic fibers: release ACh
Postganglionic nerves: adrenergic fibers: release NE,
AND
cells of adrenal medulla: release Epi and NE

102
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Parasympathetic nervous system has preganglionic nerves that have what fibers and release what NTs? And postganglionic nerves that have what fibers and release what NTs?

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Preganglionic AND postganglionic nerves: cholinergic fibers: release ACh

103
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Parasympathetic nervous system has what type of receptors in the synapse and what type in the effector in the cranio part?

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Nicotinic receptor in the synapse and Muscarinic receptor in the effector
(ex of effector organ: cardiac muscle)

104
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Parasympathetic nervous system has what type of receptors in the synapse and what type in the effector in the sacral part?

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Nicotinic receptor in the synapse and Muscarinic receptor in the effector
(ex of autonomic effector: adipose tissue [fat])

105
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sympathetic nervous system has what type of receptors in the synapse and what type in the effector in the thoracolumbar part?

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Nicotinic receptor to alpha receptor (binds NE and E)
[ex of autonomic effector: smooth muscle]
nicotinic receptor to Beta 1 receptor (binds E and NE)
[ex of autonomic effector for B1 and B2: most exocrine glands and some endocrine glands]
nicotinic receptor to Beta 2 receptor
(binds E only)

106
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SNS and PNS _____ almost ____ of the ____ organs

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innervate; all; same

107
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What are the organs that the SNS and PNS innervate?

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  • eye
  • lacrimal and salivary glands
  • lungs
  • heart
  • liver
  • stomach
  • pancreas
  • large intenstine
  • small intestine
  • rectum
  • bladder
  • genitalia
108
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ONLY the PNS innervates the:

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spleen

109
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