Chapter 11 Vocab Flashcards
Spinal nerves
Originate from spinal cord. 31 pairs
Cranial nerves
12 pairs. Originate from brain
Ganglion
Collection of neuron cell bodies located outside CNS
Plexus
Extensive network of axons sometimes neuron cell bodies outside CNS
Subdivisions of PNS
Sensory division and motor division
Sensory division
Afferent -toward brain
Motor division
Efferent. Away from brain to organs
Motor division subcategories
Somatic and autonomic
Autonomic nervous system (ANS) subcategories
Sympathetic and parasympathetic division
Sympathetic division
Active during physical activity
Parasympathetic division
Regulates resting functions. Digestion empty urine
Enteric nervous system
Plexus within digestive tract. Control independently from CNS
Neuroglia
Supportive cells, protect neurons. Accounts for more than half brains weight.
Axons
Nerve fibers
Nissl bodies
Primary site of protein synthesis in neurons.
Dendritic spines
Receive input from other neurons axons and environment
Axon hillock
Most neurons; single axon arises from a cone shaped area of. Neuron cell body
Initial segment
Beginning of the axon
Trigger zone
Action potentials generated
Axoplasm
Cytoplasm of an axon
Axolemma
Axon plasma membrane
Types of neurons
Sensory, motor, interneurons, bipolar neurons, multipolar neurons, pseudo-unipolar neuron
Interneurons
Conduct action potentials within CNS
Multipolar neurons
Many dendrites and single axon. Most in CNS and motor
Bipolar neurons
Two processes; one dendrite one axon. Received stimulus– retina and nasal cavity
Pseudo-Unipolar neurons
Single process extends from cell body. Sensory receptors
Neuroglia of CNS
Astrocytes, ependymal cells, microglia, oligodendrocytes
Neuroglia of the PNS
Schwann cells, satellite cells
Astrocytes
Star shaped. Cytoplasmic processes extend to form foot processes
Foot processes
Astrocytes. Spread out and cover blood vessels, neurons and pia matter
Pia matter
Membrane covering outside of brain and spinal cord
Blood brain barrier
Astrocytes release chemicals to form tight gap junctions between endothelial cells of capillaries.
Reactive astrocytes
Injuries to CNS cause astrocytes to wall off damaged area
Ependymal cells
Neuroglia that line the ventricles of brain and central canal of spinal cord.
Choroid plexuses
Ependymal cells and blood vessels. Secrete cerebral spinal fluid that flows through brain
Microglia
Neuroglia of CNS that phagocytize
Oligodendrocytes
CNS myelin sheath
Schwann cells
Neuroglia in PNS. Wrap around axons to form myelin sheath
Satellite cells
Surround cell bodies in sensory and autonomic ganglia. Support nutrition and heavy metal protection
Gray matter
Very little myelin and neuron cell bodies and dendrites.
Cortex
Gray matter on surface of brain
Nuclei
Clusters of gray matter deeper in the brain
White matter
Parallel axons that are myelinated.
Nerve tracts
White matter of CNS, conduction pathways, propagate action potentials from one area to another
Sodium-potassium pump
K+ inside cell, Na+ outside
Leak ion channels
Nongated ion channels. Always open
Gated ion channels
Ligand gated, voltage gated, other gated
Ligand-gated ion channels
Stimulated to open by chemical-neurotransmitter or hormone
Voltage gated ion channels
Response to a small voltage change across plasma membrane
Other gated. Ion channels
Touch receptors, temperatures in skin
Polarized
Opposite charges or poles across membrane
Summation
Effects produced by one graded potential are added onto the effects of another graded potential
After potential
After repolarization plasma membrane becomes hyper polarized
Absolute refractory period
First part of refractory period. Complete insensitivity to another stimulus
Relative refractory period
Second part of refractory period. Stronger than threshold stimulus can initiate another actin potential period
Action potential frequency
Number of action potentials produced per unit of time in response to a stimulus
Sub threshold stimulus
Any stimulus not strong enough to produce a graded potential that reaches threshold
Threshold stimulus
A graded potential that is just strong enough to reach threshold and cause single action potential
Maximal stimulus
Just strong enough to produce a maximum frequency of action potentials
Sub maximal stimulus
All stimuli between threshold and maximal stimulus strength
Supra maximal stimulus
Any stimulus that is stronger than maximal stimulus
Propagate
Spread. Action potential stimulates adjacent point on plasma membrane
Local current
Movement of positive charged ions
Continuous conduction
Action potential conduction in unmyelinated axons
Type a fibers
Large diameter, myelinated
Type b fibers
Medium diameter, lightly myelinated
Types b and C fibers
Primarily apart of ANS
Presynaptic cell
Transmits a signal toward the synapse
Connexons
Group of six tubular proteins. Gap junctions of electrical synapse that allows local current
Chemical synapse
Presynaptic terminal, synaptic cleft, post synaptic membrane
Presynaptic terminal
End of an axon
Synaptic cleft
Space separating the axon ending and the cell it synapses with
Neuromodulators
Substances released from neurons that influence the likelihood of an action potential being produced in the postal apron cell. Drugs
EPSP
Excitatory post synaptic potential
IPSP
Inhibitory post synaptic potential
Axoaxonic synapses
CNS. One axon synapses with another
Presynaptic inhibition
Amount of neurotransmitter released from the pray patio terminal decreases
Presynaptic facilitation
Amount of neurotransmitter released from presynaptic terminal increases
Spatial summation
Multiple action potentials arrive simultaneously at two different presynaptic terminals with the same postsynaptic neuron
Temporal summation
Two or more action potentials arrive in very close succession at a single presynaptic terminal
Serial pathway
Input travel in one pathway
Parallel pathway
Input travels on several pathways
Convergent pathways
Neurons come together as one
Divergent pathway
One into many
Reverberating circuits
Positive feedback
Parallel after-discharge circuits
Neuron stimulate several neurons and end with one output