Cells and Tissue of the Nervous system Flashcards
What is the central nervous system and periphery nervous system composed of
CNS- Brain and spinal cord
PNS- cranial and spinal nerves
What is the divisions of the PNS
Sensory - afferent
Motor - efferent
What is the further division of Efferent PNS
Somatic - voluntary
Autonomic - involuntary (sympathetic/parasympathetic)
What is the two cell types found in the neurosytem
Neurons - excitable cells
Gilal cells - nonexcitable supporting cells
What is the features and structure of a typical neuron
Composed of multiple dendrites
cell body
One long axon
and a sympathetic terminal
With AP traveling from the cell dendrites to sympathetic terminals
What is the 3 different types of neurons
Multipolar
Bipolar
Pseudounipolar
What type of neurone is the most typical motor neurone
Mutipolar
What type of neurone is pseudo unipolar
Sensory neurone
What is the important about the structure of pseudo unipolar
Dendrite passes onto to axon directly as celll body sits outside central nervous system - ganglion
What kind of neurone is bipolar
specialized sensory neurons for the transmission of special senses
(smell, sight, taste, hearing and vestibular functions)
Were are bipolar neurons found
Olfactory mucosa
Retinal nerve fibres
What features of neurone allow it to have a high metabolic rate
Prominent Nucleus with loos chromatin
Mitochondria
rER
Golig apparatus
What is the cytoplasm in the cell body and axon called
Cell body - perikaryon
axon - axoplasm
What is features of neurones
Long living
Axon has the potential to grow bak
Amitotic - cant do mitosis (cell body damage is irreversible)
What is the purpose of the myelin sheath (the envelope around the axon
increases conduction speed in axons by saltory conduction
How does salutary conducting occur
AP jumps from node of raniver to next node
What is similarity and differences between myelinated and non myelinated axon
Both axons have schwann cells wrapped around
but in nonmyelinated axon still wrapped by schwann cells but myelin sheath is not formed
What produces myelin sheath
Schwann cells (PNS)
Oligodendrocytes (CNS)
What disease shows the clinical importance of myelin sheath
Multiple sclerosis
What occurs in multiple sclerosis and what is the affect of this
Patchy loss/scarring of myelin sheath = demyelination
meaning nerve conduction across affected axons is abnormal
What is a good investigation for multiple sclerosis
MRI as shows plaque with demyelination
What is the name of a myelinated axon
mesaxon