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Chapter 12 Flashcards

1
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Function of nervous system

A

Maintaining homeostasis

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2
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Homeostatic mechanism

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1: sensor (sensory)
2: control center (inter)
3: effector (motor)

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3
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Two branches of the nervous system

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Central nervous
Peripheral nervous

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4
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Sections of the CNS

A

Brain
Spinal cord
(Interneurons)

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5
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Sections of the PNS

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Sensory
Motor

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6
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Sections of motor

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Somatic- voluntary
Autonomic- involuntary

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7
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Different autonomic

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Parasympathetic- rest and digest
Sympathetic- fight or flight

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8
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Soma

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Cell body

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9
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Dendrites

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Receptors at the end of soma

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10
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Axon

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Tail of cell

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11
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Axon hillock

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Axon attaches to soma

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12
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Telodendria

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Tail end of axion

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13
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Axon terminal

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At the ends of the teledendria

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14
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Myelin sheaths

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Cell like structure on axon

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15
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Nodes of ranvier

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Spaces between myelin sheaths

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16
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Sensory neurons

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Delivers information from receptors to the CNS

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17
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Motor neurons

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Carry instructions from CNS to muscles

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18
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Interneurons

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In the CNS, over 90% of neurons

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19
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Unipolar neurons

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Off to the side of the axon

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20
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Multipolar

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Single axon multiple dendrites

21
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Neuroglia

A

Supportive cell, helps with protection and function

22
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Astrocytes

A

CNS, blood brain barrier

23
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Ependymal cell

A

CNS, cerebral spinal fluid

24
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Oligodendrocyte

A

CNS, Wraps around axon to make sheaths for protection

25
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Microglia

A

CNS, immune function

26
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Schwann cell

A

PNS, wraps around axon for protection

27
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Satellite cell

A

PNS, Regulates environment around neurons

28
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Blood brain barrier

A

Regulates chemicals in circulation, protect neural tissue

29
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What are myelin sheaths made of

30
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Resting membrane potential

A

A neuron has not been stimulated -70mV

31
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Where to the ions rest?

A

Na+ rests outside
K+ rests inside

32
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Sodium potassium pump

A

Returns Na outside and K inside 3:2

33
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Threshold

A

Bring membrane to -60mV

34
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Depolarization

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1, Na+ enters the cell

35
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Peak potential

A

Top of the graph +30mV

36
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Repolarization

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2, K leaves the cell

37
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Hyperpolarization

A

3, down to -90mV, gates shut

38
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Refractory period

A

Cell cannot be stimulated

39
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Step 4

A

Sodium potassium pump puts ions back 3Na:2K

40
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Saltatory conduction

A

Increase speed of AP by allowing it to skip over sections of axon

41
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Excitatory

A

Promotes AP, depolarization

42
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Inhibitory

A

Decreases AP, hyperpolarization

43
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Norepinephrine/ epinephrine

A

Cardiac contraction

44
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Acetylcholine

A

Contracts skeletal muscle, inhibits cardiac

45
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Melatonin

A

Helps with sleep

46
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GABA

47
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Temporal summation

A

Repeated stimulation

48
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Spatial summation

A

Multiple signals at once

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