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Ch 12: Nervous System Overview Flashcards

1
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Nervous system

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Control hub

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CNS

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Brain and spinal cord

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PNS

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Nerves and ganglia outside brain and spinal column

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PNS sensory division

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Afferent division; Carries signals from dif receptors to CNS

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Sensory division of PNS is divided into:

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Visceral sensory division and
Somatic sensory division

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Viscera

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Body organs

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Somatic

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Skin, skeletal muscles, joints

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PNS Motor division is divided into

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Visceral motor division or autonomic nervous system which divides into sympathetic division and parasympathetic division

Somatic motor division

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ANS

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Aka: Visceral motor division
Carries signals from CNS to effector;

Involuntary control

Sympathetic or parasympathetic

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PNS sympathetic division

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Fight or flight

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PNS parasympathetic division

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Rest and digest

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PNS somatic motor division

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Response to stimuli ; carry signal from CNS to gland/muscle

Voluntary muscle contraction

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Nerves

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Bundle of nerve fibers axons that are wrapped in fibrous connective tissues

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Ganglia

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Knot-like swelling And nerve weather cell bodies of peripheral neurons are located

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Function of the nervous system

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Stimuli—>Sensory—>CNS—>Effector—> until homeostasis 

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Neuron

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Major cell of nervous system; Response to environmental changes by transmitting signals in passing on electrical activity

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Glial cells function

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Maintain integrity of neural tissue
Provide protection
Increase conduction of nerves

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Anatomy of neuron

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Cell body/soma
Dendrites
Axon
Axon hillock
Terminal
Myelin sheath
Note of Ranvier

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Dendrites

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Tree like projections by cell body where receive signals from stimuli

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Axon

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long tail like extension of cell where electrical signal passes

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Axon hillock

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End of soma where action potential is triggered

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Axon terminal

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End of axon where neurotransmitters are stored

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Myelin sheath

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We are glial cells wraparound axon to insulate an increase Conductivity

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Node of Ranvier

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Gap in myelin sheath

25
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Ratio of glial to neural cells

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Glial cells of the CNS

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Oligodendrocytes
Ependymal cells
Astrocytes


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Oligodendrocytes

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Octopus like; arms wrapped around multiple CNS neurons: provide insulation and speed up conductivity

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Ependymal cells

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Production and secretion of cerebral spinal fluid

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Microglia

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Tiny macrophages; Get rid of debris/dead tissue/foreign Matter

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Astrocytes

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Most abundant glial cell in CNS
-Has Periovascular feet that create blood/brain barrier
-monitors
Regulates blood flow
Provides nutrients
Removes waste
Regulatory composition
Protection and maintenance of environment

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Which glial cell helps create the blood brain barrier?

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Astrocytes and their perioVascular feet that wrap around vasculature

32
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Glial cells of PNS

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Schwann cells
Satellite cells

33
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Schwann cells

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Wrap around one axon To make myelin sheath and neurilemma

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Satellite cells

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Provide protection to someone in ganglia; regulate environment

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Axonal transport

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Neuro transmitters get to terminals on microtubules carried by motor proteins:
Anterograde transport protein= kinesins
Retrograde transport protein=
Dyneins

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Afferent neuron

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Sensory neurons that Send signals to CNS

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Interneurons

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Intermediate communication in CNS

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Efferent neurons

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Relay signal to effector from CNS

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Neural transmitters get to axon terminals on ______ Carried by____ _____

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Microtubules
Motor proteins

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Motor proteins that carry cargo with Anterograde transport

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Anterograde transport

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Away from CNS

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Motor proteins that carry cargo with retrograde transport

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Retrograde transport

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back to CNS

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Presynaptic neuron

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Neuron releasing neurotransmitter

45
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Postsynaptic neuron

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Neuron receiving signal

46
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What percentage of neurons died during development?

47
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Plasticity

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Allows neurons to continue to make new connections, memories, and learning (Prune, modify, and strengthen)

48
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Regeneration of damaged PNS nerve fiber can occur if:

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  1. Soma is intact
  2. At least some neurilemma remains
49
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Steps of neural regeneration

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  1. Exxon distal to injury degenerates
  2. Soma swells; Endoplasmic reticulum breaks up a nucleus moves off-center
  3. Axonstump sprouts
  4. Regeneration tube guides regrowth
50
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How long does neural regeneration take?

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Slow; two years; may not be perfect or possible. 

51
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Can neurons in the CNS regenerate?

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No, because they do not have Schwann cells

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