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Central Nervous System (CNS} Flashcards

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what are the 3 kinds of Neurons in the CNS?

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  1. Afferent Neurons (msg from PNS to CNS)
  2. Efferent neurons (msg from CNS to PNS)
  3. Inter neurons (carries msg within the CNS)
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How many axons bring message from the PNS to the CNS

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2 Axons
Peripheral Axon
Central Axon

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Which neuron carries msg from PNS to CNS?

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Afferent Neurons

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Which neuron carries msg from CNS to PNS

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Efferent neurons

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5
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Which neuron carries msg within the CNS (CNS to CNS)

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Inter neurons

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Which neurons is found entirelywithin the CNS, its made up of the 99% of all neurons in the CNS an dits very complex?

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Interneurons

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7
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How many neurons are in the human cells?

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100 billion neurons.

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What provides physical, metabolic, and functional support?

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Neuroglia or Glial cells

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What are the 4 major types of Neuroglia cells in the CNS?

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  1. Astrocytes
  2. Oligodendrocytes
  3. Microglia
  4. Ependymal cells
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What are the 2 kinds of Neuroglia cells in the PNS?

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  1. Satellite cells
  2. Schwann cells
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The central nervous system is made up of?

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The brain and spinal cord

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What are the 4 major component of the brain?

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  1. Forebrain
  2. Cerebellum
  3. Brain stem
  4. Limbic system
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———— and ————– make up the forebrain.

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Cerebrum and Diencephalon.

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Cerebral cortex and basal nuclei make up

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The cerebrum

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15
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Cerebral cortex is made up of

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Right cerebral cortex
Left cerebral cortex

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16
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2 midline structures of the Diencephalon?

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  1. Thalumus
  2. Hypothalamus
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What are the 3 components of Cerebellum?

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  1. Spinal cerebellum
  2. Cerebral cerebellum
  3. Vestibulocerebellum
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3 components of the brain stem?

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  1. Midbrain
  2. Pons
  3. Medulla
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Which type of glial cells play a role in defence of brain as phagocytic scavengers?

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Microglia

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Which glial cell secretes paracrine, and produce tight junctions and BBB?

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Astrocytes

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21
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Which cells gets over zealous when over activated and its dangerous to health?

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Microglia

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22
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Which cells are implicated in cases of Dementia, Alzheimers, AIDS?

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Over zealous Microglia

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Which cells lines the internal cavities of the brain, secretes and make Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and act like neuron stem cells?

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Ependymal cells

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24
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Where are the new neurons produced?

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Hippocampus

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Which cells forms the myelin sheaths in CNS and they secretes myelin?

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Oligodendrocytes

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Which neuron teaches a child to learn, mimick a parent, hear sounds that transform to speech, have emotional aspects of life

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Interneurons.

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27
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Which neurons helps in forming the synaptic junction

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Inter neurons

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28
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Which neurons is the most complex neuron that controls behavioral patterns, learning capabilities, emotional patterns and other abstract phenomenons?

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Interneurons

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29
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Which type of cells physically support neurons, serves as a scaffold during fetal brain development and form the Blood Brain barrier (BBB), and provide nutritions to the neurons?

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Astrocytes

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30
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What is microglia’s main function?

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Defence mechanism or phagocytic scavenger.

31
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What performs the phagocytosis in the brain tissue?

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Microglia cells

32
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What is the equivalent of epithelial tissue cells in the brain?

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Ependymal cells (because they line the internal hollows cavities of brain and spinal cord.

33
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Hollow cavities of the brain are called

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Ventricles

34
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there are 4 relevant part that give physical support of the Central Nervour system

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  1. Cranium
  2. Meninges : protective membrane of the CNS.
  3. Cerebrospinal fluid
  4. Blood Brain Barrier (BBB)
35
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One major function of the Hippocampus is

36
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If Neuroglia misbehaves and starts to divide, it can results to what?

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brain tumor
(glioblastoma)

37
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Tumors of the glial cells in the brain is called

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Glioblastoma

38
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Why is cancer if the brain the hardest cancer to treat?

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Glial cells are the ones that becomes cancerous.

39
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2 kinds of glial cells in the Peripheral Nervous system?

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  1. Satellite cells
  2. Schwann cells
40
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Which cells protect the neurons by forming capsules around the cell bodies?

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Satellite cells.

41
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Which cells form myelin in the axons of the Peripheral nervous system?

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Schwann cells.

42
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When meninges are infected, they become a disease called?

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Meningitis

43
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What is protective membrane of the central nervous system?

44
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Meninges has 3 membranes namely?

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  1. Durameter
  2. Arachnoid mater
  3. Pia meter
45
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which meninges layer provides a protective barrier and helps maintain the shape of the brain and spinal cord and is very closely related to veins?

46
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What is the venous system closely associated to Durameter called?

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Dura Sinus

47
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Which membrane has networks, hollow spaces and has protrusions?

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Arachnoid mater

48
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Why does the Arachnoid mater has hollow spaces and protusions forming the villi?

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because the spaces are filled with Cerebro spinal fluid.

49
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Which membrane is the most gentle and delicate innermost layer and is richly supplied by arteries?

50
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What are the good stuff that are received from the arteries by the Pia mater?

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Vitamins, Irons, water etc.

51
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Meningitis could be in the form of ——and ———–

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Bacterial meningitis
Viral meningitis like COVID 19

52
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Where are the Cerebrospinal fluid?

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3rd and 4th ventricules.

53
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Which cells is involved in the formation of Cerebrospinal fluid?

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Ependymal cells.

54
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When the brain tissue floats in the highly salty solution and provides physical protection, its called

55
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Which protective part of the CNS is characterized by salty fluid (high in sodium) and acts as the shock absorber?

A

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

56
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When buoyancy is created in the CSF, what happens?

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It reduces the weight by 30 times reduction.

57
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what is made everyday, 3 times everyday?

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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

58
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What the protective support that regulates transport and acts as a control ?

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BBB - Blood Brain Barrier

59
Q

What is the drug for Parkingson disease?

60
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What are the 2 regions in the brain that have no BBB?

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  1. Vomitting center
  2. Hypothalamus
61
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Where is the temperature control center and the major place b\w Brain and the endocrincrine system?

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Hypothalamus

62
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Which brain structure is the largest region of the brain, its under the forebrain and its divided into 2 parts?

63
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Which part of the brain structure has the left and right Hemispheres?

64
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The left and right Hemispheres are joined together by ————

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Corpus Callosun

65
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The cerebrum has ——— and ———– matter?

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Gray and white matters,

66
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The Gray matter has ——– distinct layers and the white matter hass ——- layers?

A

gray - 6 and white - 1

67
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The cerebrum has —– number of Lobes.

68
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Which Lobe of the cerebrum deals with the eyes ( sense of sight)

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Occipital lobe

69
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Which Lobe of the cerebrum deals with the ears ( sense of hearing/sound)

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Temporal lobe

70
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Which Lobe of the cerebrum deals with the speaking abilities, elaboration of thought, language, motor activities?

A

Frontal lobe

71
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Which Lobe of the cerebrum deals with the sense of touch, heat and temperature, receiving and processing of sensory nerves?

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Parietal lobe

72
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The frontal and Parietal lobes are called ———

A

Higher Cortex

73
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The deep demarcation b\w the frontal and parietal lobes is called …………….

A

Central Sulus.

Midterm 2 - Physiology (10 decks)

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