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Chapter 12: Nervous System Final Flashcards

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Two Subdivisions of the Nervous System

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Central Nervous System

Peripheral Nervous System

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Central Nervous System(CNS)

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Brain and Spinal cord

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Peripheral Nervous System(PNS)

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Nerves and Gangila

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Nervous System Process

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Receive information
Transmit coded messages
Process information
Issue commands

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Two Divisions of Nervous System

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Sensory

Motor

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Sensory Division

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Somatic

Visceral

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Motor Division

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Effectors

Somatic

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Universal Properties of Neurons

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Excitability(irritability)
Conductivity
Secretion

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Sensory Neurons

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detect stimuli

Transmit information about them to CNS

begin in every organ in the body and end in CNS

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Interneurons(association neurons)

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lie entirely in CNS
Receive signals and carry out integrative functions

90%

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Motor(efferent) neuron

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send signals out to muscles and gland cells

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Soma

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control center of neuron

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Dendrites

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vast number of branches coming from a few thick branches from the soma

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Axon(nerve fiber)

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originates from a mound on one side of the soma

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Multipolar Neuron

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one axon and multiple dendrites

most in the brain and spinal cord

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Bipolar Neuron

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one axon and one dendrite

olfactory cells, retina, inner ear

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Unipolar Neuron

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single process leading away from the soma

sensory from skin and oran to spinal cord

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Anaxonic Neuron

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many dendrites but no axon

help in visual processes

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Functions of glial cells

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Support and Protect Neurons

bind neurons

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Types of Neurongila that occur in the CNS

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Oligodendrocytes
Ependymal cells
Microglia
Astrocytes

21
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Types Occur in the PNS

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Schwann Cells

Satellite Cells

22
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Myelin Sheath and what it is formed by

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insulating layer around a nerve fiber

formed by oligodendrocytes in CNS

Schwann cells in PNS

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Local Potentials

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distribution in membrane potential when a neuron is initially stimulated

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Action Potential

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more dramatic change produced by voltage-regulated ion gates in the plasma membrane

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Refractory Period

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the period of resistance to stimulation

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Absolute refractory period

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no stimulus- will trigger AP in Na gates are open

action potential to RMP

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Relative Refractory Period

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only especially strong stimulus will trigger new AP

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Neural Integration

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The ability of your neurons to process information , store and recall it, and make decisions

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Excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)

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any voltage change in the direction of the threshold that makes a neuron more likely to fire

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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP)

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any voltage change away from threshold that makes a neuron less likely to fire

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Summation

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the process of adding up postsynaptic potentials and responding to their net effect

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Two types of Summation

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Temporal

Spatial

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Neural Coding

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way the nervous system convert information to a pattern of action potential

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Difference between Qualitative and Quantitative information

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qualitative info based of which neurons fire

Quantitative info is about intensity of stimulus is encoded in two ways

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Diverging Circuit

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one nerve fiber branches and synapses with several postsynaptic cells

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Converging Circuit

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input from many different nerve fibers can be funneled to one neuron or neuron pool

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Reverberating Circuits

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neurons stimulate each other in linear sequence but one cell restimulates the first cell to start the process all over

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Parallel after-discharge Circuits

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input neuron diverges to stimulate several chains of neurons

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Synaptic Plasticity

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ability of synapses to change

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Synaptic Potentiation

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process of making transmission easier

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Immediate Memory

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ability to hold something in your thoughts for just a few seconds

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Short-term memory

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last from a few seconds to several hours

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Long-term memory

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last up a lifetime and is less limited in the amount of information it can store

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Declarative Memory

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retention of events and facts that you can put into words

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Procedural Memory

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Retention of motor skills

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