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Cells and Tissue of the Nervous system Flashcards

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What is the central nervous system and periphery nervous system composed of

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CNS- Brain and spinal cord

PNS- cranial and spinal nerves

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What is the divisions of the PNS

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Sensory - afferent

Motor - efferent

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What is the further division of Efferent PNS

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Somatic - voluntary

Autonomic - involuntary (sympathetic/parasympathetic)

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What is the two cell types found in the neurosytem

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Neurons - excitable cells

Gilal cells - nonexcitable supporting cells

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What is the features and structure of a typical neuron

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Composed of multiple dendrites
cell body
One long axon
and a sympathetic terminal

With AP traveling from the cell dendrites to sympathetic terminals

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What is the 3 different types of neurons

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Multipolar
Bipolar
Pseudounipolar

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What type of neurone is the most typical motor neurone

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Mutipolar

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8
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What type of neurone is pseudo unipolar

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Sensory neurone

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9
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What is the important about the structure of pseudo unipolar

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Dendrite passes onto to axon directly as celll body sits outside central nervous system - ganglion

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What kind of neurone is bipolar

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specialized sensory neurons for the transmission of special senses
(smell, sight, taste, hearing and vestibular functions)

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11
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Were are bipolar neurons found

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Olfactory mucosa

Retinal nerve fibres

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12
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What features of neurone allow it to have a high metabolic rate

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Prominent Nucleus with loos chromatin

Mitochondria
rER
Golig apparatus

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13
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What is the cytoplasm in the cell body and axon called

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Cell body - perikaryon

axon - axoplasm

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What is features of neurones

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Long living
Axon has the potential to grow bak
Amitotic - cant do mitosis (cell body damage is irreversible)

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What is the purpose of the myelin sheath (the envelope around the axon

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increases conduction speed in axons by saltory conduction

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16
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How does salutary conducting occur

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AP jumps from node of raniver to next node

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17
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What is similarity and differences between myelinated and non myelinated axon

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Both axons have schwann cells wrapped around

but in nonmyelinated axon still wrapped by schwann cells but myelin sheath is not formed

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18
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What produces myelin sheath

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Schwann cells (PNS)

Oligodendrocytes (CNS)

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19
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What disease shows the clinical importance of myelin sheath

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Multiple sclerosis

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20
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What occurs in multiple sclerosis and what is the affect of this

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Patchy loss/scarring of myelin sheath = demyelination

meaning nerve conduction across affected axons is abnormal

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21
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What is a good investigation for multiple sclerosis

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MRI as shows plaque with demyelination

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22
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What is the name of a myelinated axon

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mesaxon

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23
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Why don’t pain and sensory follow the same path

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As have different tracts

24
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Define tracts

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bundles of axons carrying specific information within the white matter = fibre pathways

25
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What forms the grey matter in the CNS

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Cell bodies and non myelinated axons

26
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What forms the white matter in the CNS - why is it white?

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Myelinated axons

white as myelin (from membrane lipids) colours the matter

27
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What forms the myelinated axons and cell bodies in the periphery

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nerves and ganglions

28
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What is a collection of cell bodies called in the central nervous system

29
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What is a collection of cell bodies outside the CNS called

30
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What is the 4 glial cells found in the CNS

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astrocyte
oligodendrocyte
Microglia
ependymal

31
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Function fo astrocyte

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Covers the synapse and capillaries

Forms blood brain barrier
- help in K+ buffering

32
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What is the function of microgilal

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Phagocytees

scar tissue formation

33
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What is the function of ependymal

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Line ventricles

34
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What is the two Glial cells found in the PNS

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Satellite cells

Schwann cells

35
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What is the function of satellite cells

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Surround neuronal cell bodies

36
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What is 4 big parts of the brain

A

cerebellum
Cerebrum
Diencephalon
Brainstem

37
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What is the three parts of the brain stem

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mid brain
pons
medulla

38
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Where does the cranial nerve comes from

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Brain stem

39
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What does the cavity inside the neural tube from in the development of the nervous system

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Ventricles

40
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How many ventricles are formed and what are they called

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2 lateral ventricles
3rd ventricle
Cerebral aqueduct
4th Ventricle

41
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Where is the lateral ventricles found

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Cavity in the cerebral hemisphere

42
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Where is the third ventricle

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Cavity in the diencephalon

43
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What is the smallest ventricle and where is it located

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The cerebral aqueduct

Found going down the middling e

44
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Where is the fourth ventricle exactly located

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In the hindbrain

between the cerebellum posteriorly and the pons/medulla anteriorly

45
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As soon as the neural tube forms what does it divided into and then further divide into

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3 primary vesicles and then 5 secondary vesicles

46
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What is the 3 primary vesicles

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Prosencephalon - Forebrain

Mesencephalon - Midbrain

Rhombencephalon - Hindbrain

47
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What is the 5 secondary vesicles

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Telencephalon - forebrain

Diencephalon -forebrain

Mesencephalon - midbrain

Metencephalon -hindbrain

Myelencephalon - hindbrain

48
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What does the telencephalon in the forebrain develop into

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The cerebral hemisphere

49
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What does the diencephalon in the forebrain develop into

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Thalamus and hypothalamus

50
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What does the hindbrain

(Metencephalon + Myelencephalon) develop into

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Pons and medulla

and the cerebellum at the back

51
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What does the Mesencephalon develop into

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the midbrain

52
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Where is CSF found

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Inside the ventricles

Centre canal of spinal cord - between pia and arachnoid

53
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Where is CSF formed

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Fomred in the chord plexus in each ventricle

a thin vascular structure

54
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What is the function of the CSF

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Responsible for the maintenance of the intracranial pressure

55
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What is the circulation of the CSF

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Circulates ventricles then leave ventricular space between thin layer at the roof of the 4th ventricle Via 3 holes where it goes into the subarachnoid space in the spinal cord

56
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How and Where is the CSF absorbed

A

By the arachnoid villi into sagittal sinus

57
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What is it called when arachnoid villi join together

A

Granulation Arachnoid

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