Chapter 1 Flashcards
What provides control for RAPID activities of the body?
a) Endocrine
b) Nervous system
c) Exocrine
d) Apocrine
Nervous System
The nervous system is composed of a group of highly ____________ cells that conduct nerve impulses to a center so responses can be made.
Example: Movement and THINKING
Specialized
This generally provides control for slower activities of the body.
Example: GROWTH
Endocrine System
What are the structural components of the nervous system? They consist of 2 principle type of cells.
1) Neurons
2) Neuroglia
What are the anatomical structures of a neuron?
1) Dentrites
2) cell body or stoma
3) Axon Hillocl
4) Myelin
5) Nodes of Ranvier
6) Synaptic terminals
7) Synapse
What are the extentions of the plasma membrane that increases the surface area available to receieve stimuli of neuron?
Dendrites
This contains nucleus and controls metabolic activity of neuron. What is this?
Cell Body or Soma
What connects cell body to axon of a neuron?
Axon Hillock
What is the insulating substance that allows axons to conduct impulses faster?
Myelin
What are the gaps between segments of myelin? The Insulatory material is not continuous along the axon, but is interrupted at the ______________?
Nodes of Ranvier
The nervous impulses jump from node to node as travel down axon, a conduction known as?
Saltatory conduction
What is the swellings at end of axon involved in neurotransmitter release?
Synaptic terminal
What is the gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and its target, which maybe be a neuron or an effector organ?
Synapse
(Important)
The structural classification of neurons is based on what?
It is based on the number of branches that arise off the soma. Branches of the soma include both axons and dendrites
(Need Image)
What is it called when there are 3 or more branches that come off the soma?
Multipolar
(Need image) What is it called when there are 2 branches that come directly off the soma?
Bipolar
(need image) What is it called when there is only 1 branch that comes off the soma?
Unipolar
What are the functional classifications of a neuron?
1) Afferent
2) Efferent
3) Interneurons
What transmit sensory nerve impulses from receptor to brain and spinal cord?
Afferent (sensory neurons)
What convey motor nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to effectors (muscles and glands)?
Efferent (motor neurons)
What transmits signals between neurons in the brain and spinal cord? (This group makes up MAJORITY of neurons in the body)
Interneurons (internuncial) Neurons
Neuronal Activity
1) Neurons are specialized to receive signals from sensory receptors, or from other neurons in body, and transfer this information along the length of axon
2) Impulses, known as ACTION POTENTIALS, travel length of axon and invade nerve terminal, thereby causing release of nerotransmitters in synapse
What preceive stimuli and convey information towards sensory pathways?
Sensory receptors
What are the types of sensory receptors?
1) Exteroceptors (exteroreceptors)
2) Proprioceptors
3) Enteroreceptors
What is the name of the receptors located in skin that respond to pain, temperature, touch, and pressure OUTSIDE of the body?
Exteroceptors (aka exteroreceptors)
What are the types of Exteroceptors (aka exteroreceptors?
1) Hair follicles
2) Merkels endings
3) Meissners corpuscles
4) Pacinian corpuscles
5) Ruffini end organs
6) Free nerve endings (NOCICEPTORS)
7) Krause end bulbs