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Ch 13 Lec 1 - Nervous System Flashcards

1
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coordinate all body systems and this is accomplished by the transmission of signals

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nervous system

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2
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the nervous system is a blank signaling system

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electrochemical

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3
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communication system that is a slower scale and uses chemicals in the blood stream called blank

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endocrine system, hormones

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4
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two communication systems of the body

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nervous, endocrine

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5
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nervous system is made up of many blank, each composed of several tissues

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organs

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6
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three things that make up nervous system

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neurons, neuroglia, blood vessels, connective tissue

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7
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2 divisions of the nervous system

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central, peripheral

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8
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the brain and spinal cord make up the blank nervous system

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central

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9
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cranial and spinal nerves make up the blank nervous system

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peripheral

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10
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the central nervous system is covered by blank

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meninges

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11
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central nervous system is bathed in blank fluid

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cerebrospinal

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12
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nervous system that is the integration center

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central

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13
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nervous system that has both sensory and motor fibers

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peripheral

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14
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the PNS connects the CNS to blank and blank

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glands, muscles

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15
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this nervous system brings information to and from the CNS

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PNS

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16
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two divisions of the PNS

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afferent, efferent

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17
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the sensory division of the PNS

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afferent

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18
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the motor division of the PNS

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efferent

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19
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two divisions of the efferent division

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somatic, autonomic

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20
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conscious control division of the efferent division

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somatic

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21
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unconscious division of the efferent division

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autonomic

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22
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order of a general function of the nervous system

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receptors, sensory, integrative, motor, effector

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23
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receptor of nervous system does what

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detects stimuli

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24
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sensory is felt by blank

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afferent PNS

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25
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integrative part of nervous system

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CNS

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26
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motor part of nervous system is the blank

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efferent PNS

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27
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the effector of the nervous system

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muscle/gland

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28
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structural and functional units of nervous system, excitable and amitotic

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neurons

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29
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nervous tissue cell that are accessory cells and act like connective tissue

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neuroglial

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30
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three major structures of neurons

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soma, dendrites, axon

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31
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cell body of a neuron

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soma

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32
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soma is blank

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mononucleate

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33
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four parts of soma

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nissl bodies, axon hillock, perikaryon, neurofibrils

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34
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part of soma with ribosome clusters and give a gray color

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nissl bodies

35
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part of soma that connects soma to axon

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axon hillock

36
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region around the nucleus in soma

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perikaryon

37
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cytoskeleton that extend into dendrites/axon and gives shape in soma

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neurofibrils

38
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part of neuron that respond to neurtransmitters

39
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dendrites are short, branched, and blank

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unmyelinated

40
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dendrites are specialized for blank with other neurons

41
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axon is only blank

42
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axon conducts nerve impulses blank soma

43
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axon can give off blank

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collaterals

44
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axon are wrapped in blank

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myelin sheath

45
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glial cells wrapped around the axon

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myelin sheath

46
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axons end in blank

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synaptic terminals

47
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axons produce blank

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neurotrasmitters

48
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movement of cellular materials (not signals) through the axon

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axonal transport

49
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axonal transport that is away from soma; and transports neurotransmitters, organelles, nutrients

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anterograde

50
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axonal transport toward soma, degraded materials to be recycled & extracellular substances

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retrograde

51
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cytoplasm of an axon

52
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axoplasma consists of few blank

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organelles

53
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plasma membrane of an axon

54
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axolemma has these three things

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collaterals, telodendra, synaptic terminal

55
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side branches of axolemma

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collaterals

56
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neuron shape that is small and axons can not be distinguished from dendrites

57
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anaxonic neurons are found mostly in the blank

58
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neuron shape that is several small dendrites converged onto one and the dendrite/axon are separated by soma

59
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bipolar neuron cells are blank

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unmyelinated

60
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neuron shape that is several small dendrites converged onto one large one and the dendrite/axon are continuous

61
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unipolar neurons are usually blank

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myelinated

62
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majority of unipolar neurons are sensory neurons in the blank

63
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shape of neuron that is many dendrites extend from soma and a long axon

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multipolar

64
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multipolar neurons are blank

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myelinated

65
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the majority of motor neurons in the PNS are blank

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multipolar

66
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multipolar neurons are also in the blank of CNS

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spinal interneurons

67
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neurons that have sensory function

68
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cell body is usually outside the CNS in blank neurons

69
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afferent neurons have receptor ends on blank or are associated with receptor cells in blank organs

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dendrites, sense

70
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three types of receptors in afferent neurons

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exteroreceptors, proprioceptors, interoceptors

71
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touch, temp, pressure, light chemicals are detected by blank receptors

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exteroceptors

72
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receptor that monitor muscle and skeleton position

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proprioceptors

73
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receptors that monitor internal systems

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interoceptors

74
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neurons only in the CNS and are the most abundant neurons

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interneurons

75
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two classifications of interneurons

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excitatory, inhibitory

76
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interneurons blank two or more neurons

77
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neurons that have motor function and the cell body is usually inside the CNS

78
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efferent neurons that control skeletal muscles

79
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efferent neurons that control smooth muscles and glands

80
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cells that are called satellite or schwann cells in the PNS

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neuroglial cells

81
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cells that are called astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells, microglia in the CNS

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neuroglial cells

82
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largest and most common neuroglial cell that is star shaped

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astrocytes

83
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three functions of astrocytes

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structure, repair, metabolism, regulate ions, guide neurons to targets, form blood brain barrier

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