Chapter 12-Intro to Nervous System Flashcards
Rapid, specific signals cause ___ responses by the body.
Immediate
3 Overlapping functions of the nervous system
Sensory input, integration, motor output
Sensory Receptors
Monitor changes inside and outside body
CNS
Receives and interprets sensory input
Effector organs
Motor neurons elicit responses using effector organs
Central Nervous System
Brain and Spinal chord, functioning in integration and command
Peripheral Nervous System
Divided into somatic and autonomic systems, functioning in communication
Afferent
Towards
Efferent
Away
Somatic
Areas outside of ventral body cavity e.g. skin, skeletal musculature, bones,
Visceral
Structures in the ventral cavity e.g. digestive tubes, lungs, heart, bladder
Somatic Sensory
touch, pain, pressure, vibration, temp, hearing, equilibrium, vision
Visceral sensory
Taste, smell, stretch, pain, temperature, chem changes, irritation of viscera, nausea, and hunger
Somatic motor
motor innervation to skeletal muscles
visceral motor (autonomic nervous system)
motor innervation to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and glands (involuntary)
Nervous tissue is made of
neurons and neuroglia
neuroglia
nonexcitable supporting cells that surround and wrap the neurons
Characteristics of neurons
- Conduct electrical Signals- able to send electrical signals from one body part to another
- extreme longevity- last a lifetime (typically)
- do not divide- cannot be replaced
- high metabolic rate- require constant supply of O2 and nutrients
Parts and Functions of a Neuron
Dendrites- processes that extend from the cell body acting as receptive sites for signal recognition
Cell body- single nucleus surrounded by cytoplasm and is the focal point for the outgrowth of neuron processes
Axon- arising from the axon hillock, a neuron process which ends in terminal boutons and covered by schwann cells that act as impulse generators and conductors
Structural Classification of Neurons
- Know difference between dendrites and axon in multipolar
- Know difference between fused dendrite and axon in bipolar
- know difference between the peripheral and central processes which comprise an axon in unipolar (psuedounipolar)
Functional Classification of Neurons
grouped according to direction nerve impulse travels relative to CNS