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Chapter 11 Vocab Flashcards

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Spinal nerves

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Originate from spinal cord. 31 pairs

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Cranial nerves

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12 pairs. Originate from brain

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Ganglion

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Collection of neuron cell bodies located outside CNS

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Plexus

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Extensive network of axons sometimes neuron cell bodies outside CNS

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Subdivisions of PNS

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Sensory division and motor division

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Sensory division

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Afferent -toward brain

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Motor division

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Efferent. Away from brain to organs

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Motor division subcategories

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Somatic and autonomic

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Autonomic nervous system (ANS) subcategories

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic division

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Sympathetic division

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Active during physical activity

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Parasympathetic division

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Regulates resting functions. Digestion empty urine

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Enteric nervous system

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Plexus within digestive tract. Control independently from CNS

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Neuroglia

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Supportive cells, protect neurons. Accounts for more than half brains weight.

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Axons

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Nerve fibers

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Nissl bodies

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Primary site of protein synthesis in neurons.

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Dendritic spines

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Receive input from other neurons axons and environment

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Axon hillock

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Most neurons; single axon arises from a cone shaped area of. Neuron cell body

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Initial segment

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Beginning of the axon

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Trigger zone

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Action potentials generated

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Axoplasm

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Cytoplasm of an axon

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Axolemma

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Axon plasma membrane

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Types of neurons

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Sensory, motor, interneurons, bipolar neurons, multipolar neurons, pseudo-unipolar neuron

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Interneurons

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Conduct action potentials within CNS

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Multipolar neurons

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Many dendrites and single axon. Most in CNS and motor

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Bipolar neurons

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Two processes; one dendrite one axon. Received stimulus– retina and nasal cavity

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Pseudo-Unipolar neurons

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Single process extends from cell body. Sensory receptors

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Neuroglia of CNS

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Astrocytes, ependymal cells, microglia, oligodendrocytes

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Neuroglia of the PNS

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Schwann cells, satellite cells

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Astrocytes

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Star shaped. Cytoplasmic processes extend to form foot processes

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Foot processes

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Astrocytes. Spread out and cover blood vessels, neurons and pia matter

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Pia matter

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Membrane covering outside of brain and spinal cord

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Blood brain barrier

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Astrocytes release chemicals to form tight gap junctions between endothelial cells of capillaries.

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Reactive astrocytes

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Injuries to CNS cause astrocytes to wall off damaged area

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Ependymal cells

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Neuroglia that line the ventricles of brain and central canal of spinal cord.

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Choroid plexuses

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Ependymal cells and blood vessels. Secrete cerebral spinal fluid that flows through brain

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Microglia

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Neuroglia of CNS that phagocytize

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Oligodendrocytes

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CNS myelin sheath

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Schwann cells

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Neuroglia in PNS. Wrap around axons to form myelin sheath

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Satellite cells

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Surround cell bodies in sensory and autonomic ganglia. Support nutrition and heavy metal protection

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Gray matter

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Very little myelin and neuron cell bodies and dendrites.

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Cortex

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Gray matter on surface of brain

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Nuclei

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Clusters of gray matter deeper in the brain

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White matter

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Parallel axons that are myelinated.

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Nerve tracts

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White matter of CNS, conduction pathways, propagate action potentials from one area to another

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Sodium-potassium pump

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K+ inside cell, Na+ outside

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Leak ion channels

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Nongated ion channels. Always open

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Gated ion channels

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Ligand gated, voltage gated, other gated

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Ligand-gated ion channels

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Stimulated to open by chemical-neurotransmitter or hormone

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Voltage gated ion channels

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Response to a small voltage change across plasma membrane

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Other gated. Ion channels

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Touch receptors, temperatures in skin

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Polarized

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Opposite charges or poles across membrane

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Summation

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Effects produced by one graded potential are added onto the effects of another graded potential

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After potential

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After repolarization plasma membrane becomes hyper polarized

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Absolute refractory period

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First part of refractory period. Complete insensitivity to another stimulus

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Relative refractory period

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Second part of refractory period. Stronger than threshold stimulus can initiate another actin potential period

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Action potential frequency

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Number of action potentials produced per unit of time in response to a stimulus

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Sub threshold stimulus

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Any stimulus not strong enough to produce a graded potential that reaches threshold

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Threshold stimulus

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A graded potential that is just strong enough to reach threshold and cause single action potential

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Maximal stimulus

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Just strong enough to produce a maximum frequency of action potentials

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Sub maximal stimulus

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All stimuli between threshold and maximal stimulus strength

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Supra maximal stimulus

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Any stimulus that is stronger than maximal stimulus

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Propagate

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Spread. Action potential stimulates adjacent point on plasma membrane

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Local current

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Movement of positive charged ions

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Continuous conduction

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Action potential conduction in unmyelinated axons

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Type a fibers

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Large diameter, myelinated

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Type b fibers

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Medium diameter, lightly myelinated

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Types b and C fibers

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Primarily apart of ANS

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Presynaptic cell

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Transmits a signal toward the synapse

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Connexons

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Group of six tubular proteins. Gap junctions of electrical synapse that allows local current

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Chemical synapse

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Presynaptic terminal, synaptic cleft, post synaptic membrane

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Presynaptic terminal

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End of an axon

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Synaptic cleft

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Space separating the axon ending and the cell it synapses with

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Neuromodulators

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Substances released from neurons that influence the likelihood of an action potential being produced in the postal apron cell. Drugs

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EPSP

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Excitatory post synaptic potential

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IPSP

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Inhibitory post synaptic potential

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Axoaxonic synapses

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CNS. One axon synapses with another

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Presynaptic inhibition

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Amount of neurotransmitter released from the pray patio terminal decreases

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Presynaptic facilitation

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Amount of neurotransmitter released from presynaptic terminal increases

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Spatial summation

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Multiple action potentials arrive simultaneously at two different presynaptic terminals with the same postsynaptic neuron

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Temporal summation

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Two or more action potentials arrive in very close succession at a single presynaptic terminal

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Serial pathway

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Input travel in one pathway

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Parallel pathway

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Input travels on several pathways

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Convergent pathways

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Neurons come together as one

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Divergent pathway

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One into many

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Reverberating circuits

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Positive feedback

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Parallel after-discharge circuits

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Neuron stimulate several neurons and end with one output

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