CH7 - Nervous System Flashcards
CNS Functions
- Integration
- Interpret incoming sensory information
- Issues outgoing instructions
CNS Organs
- Brain
- Spinal Cord
PNS Organs
- Spinal Nerves
- Cranial Nerves
Carry impulses to and from spinal cord
Spinal nerves
Carry impulses to and from brain
Cranial nerves
PNS Functions
- Cranial and spinal nerves link CNS and rest of body
- Perform motor and sensory function
Carries general sensory signals from muscles, bones, joints, skin and special sense organs
Somatic sensory division
Carries signals from organs
Visceral Sensory division
Carry impulses from the sensory receptors to the CNS
Sensory (afferent) division
- Afferent Arrives at brain
Nerve fibers that carry information away from the CNS
Motor (efferent) division
- efferent exits brain
Carries signals to skeletal muscles
Somatic Motor Division
“Fight or flight” division
Sympathetic
“E” division
“Rest and digest” division
Parasympathetic
“D” division
Nervous tissue is made of 2 types of cells
- Neurons
- Neuroglia
Conduct nerve impulses
Neurons
Don’t conduct nerve impulses
Neuroglia
Anchor neurons to blood capillaries as barrier against harmful substances
Astrocytes
Phagocytes that monitor neuron health and dispose of debris or bacteria
Microglia
Cilia circulate cerebrospinal fluid through CNS brain and spinal cord as protective cushion
Ependymal Cells
Produce myelin sheaths around CNS
Oligodendrocytes
Produce myelin sheaths around PNS
Schwann Cells
Protect neuron cell bodies in PNS
Satellite Cells
Metabolic center, contains nucleus, cytoplasm, and all organelles except centrioles
Cell Body
Conduct impulses toward cell body
Dendrites
Conducts impulses away from cell body, connected at axon hillock
Axon
Allow communication to flow from one neuron to the next
Axon Terminals
Protects, insulates, and speeds up nerve impulses, with gaps between Schwann cell production areas called Nodes of Ranvier
Myelin Sheaths