Chapter 11 pt 1) Fundamentals of Nervous System Flashcards
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The Nervous System (Overview and Functions)
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- Master control of the body
- Communicate via Electrical and Chemical Signals
- Signals are Rapid and Specific
- Response is usually immediate
- Three Functions of Nervous system
- Sensory Input) Gather information and through sensory receptores (affrent pathway)
- Integration) Processing and interpretation of sensory input (Control center)
- Motor Output) Activation of effector organs (muscles/glands). Produces a response. (effrent pathway).
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Two Divisions of the Nervous System
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- CNS) Central Nervous System
- Brain and Spinal cord
- Inegration and Control Center. Determines motor output
- Prepherial Nervous System
- Any nervous tissue ouside of CNS
- Consists of nerves that extend from the brain and spinal chord
- Spinal nerve) connects to spine
- Cranial nerve) connects to brain.
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Prepherial Nervous System (Two Divisions)
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- Sensory (Afferent) Division
- Somatic sensory fibers) convay inpulses from skin, muscles, and joints to CNS.
- Viseral Sensory Fibers) Convay Impules from visceral (internal) organs.
- Motor (Efferent) Division
- Transmits Impules from CNS to motor nuerons.
- Two divisions) Somatic and Autonomic
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Somatic Nervous System
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- Nerve Fibers conduct impules from CNS to skeletal muscles
- Called the Voluntary Nervous System
- Concious Control of Skeletal Muscles.
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Autonomic Nervous System
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- Visceral Motor Nerve Fibers
- Regulates smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands
- Called the Involuntary Nervous system
- Two divisions
- Sympathetic) Fight Or Flight System
- Parasympathetic) Rest and Digest System.
- Two systems work oppiosite to eachother
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Histology of Nervous Tissue
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- Nuerons) Excitible cells that transmit signals
- Nurogalieal cells) Support, protect and insulate Nuerons
- Four main types in CNS
- Astrocytes
- Microglial Cells
- Ependymal Cells
- Oligodendrocytes
- Four main types in CNS
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Astrocytes
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- Most abundant, versitile, and highly branched galial ce;;s/
- Cling to nuerons, synaptic endings, and capaliries
- Many functions which include
- Support and Bracing of Nuerons
- Exchanges between capaleries and nuerons
- Guide Migration of Young Nuerons
- Control enviornment around nuerons
- Respomd to nerve impules and nuerotransmiters
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Microgalial cells
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- Small, Ovoid Cells with thorny processes that touch and moniter nuerons.
- Migrate toward injured nuerons and can transform and phagocytize (remove) microrganisms and nueronal debris.
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Epedymal cells
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- Line fluid filled cavities in CNS and provide a barrier between cerebrospinal fluid and other fluid
- Can be columnar or squamous, some are cilliated
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Oligodendrocytes
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- Form thick Myelin Sheaths which insulare nerve fibers.
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Nueroglia In PNS
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- Sataleite Cells) Surround nueron cell bodies in PNS
- Similar function to Astrocytes
- Schwann Cells) Completely surround prepherial nerve fibers and form mylin sheaths
- Similar function to oligodendrocytes
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Nuerons
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- Structural Units of nervous system
- Last for a persons entire lifspan without dividing. (olfactory eptheliam does)
- All have a Cell body and one or more processes
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Cell Body (Perikaryon or Soma)
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- Biosynthetic Center
- Synthesises Protiens, Membranes, And Chemicals
- Done in Rough ER (Also called Nissil Bodies)
- Most are located in CNS
- Nuclei) Clusters of nueron cell bodies in CNA
- Ganglia) Clusters of Nueron Bodies in PNS
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Nueron Processes
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- Extend from the body of the nerve
- CNS) Contains cell bodies and processes
- PNS) mostly cell processes
- Tracts) Bundels of nueron processes in the CNS
- Nerves) Bundles of nueron processes in the PNS
- Two types
- Axons and Dendrites
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Dendrites
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- Short, tapering, branched processes
- Contain same organelles as cell body
- Recive (input) regoin of the nueron
- Never goes out
- Convay messages to cell body as Graded Potential
- Contain Dendric spines
- bulbous or spiky
- point of contact (synapse) with other nueron.