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Chapter 2.1 - Neurons and Neuronal Signaling Flashcards

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What are the two main types of cells in the nervous system?

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Neurons and glial cells

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Who deduced that neurons take in information and make a decision about it?

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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What class of cell varies in their form, location, and interconnectivity within the nervous system?

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Neurons

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How many neurons are in the human brain?

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89 Billion

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Which neuroscientist designed the first remote controlled neural implants?

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Jose Delgado

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Who understood that the nervous system uses electrochemical signaling for communication?

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Jose Delgado

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Inside the brain, neurons and their long-distance projections (axons) form:

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Intricate wiring patterns

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There are roughly as many ______ cells in the brain as there are neurons?

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Glial

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The central nervous system has three main types of glial cells:

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Astrocytes, microglial and oligodendrocytes

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What type of glial cells surround neurons and are in close contact with the brains vasculature?

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Astrocytes

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What permits astrocytes to transport ions across the vascular wall?

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Contact with blood vessels at specialisations called end feet

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What type of barrier do astrocytes create between the tissues of the nervous system and the blood?

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Blood-brain barrier (BBB)

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Many drugs and certain neuroactive agents, including dopamine and norepinephrine cannot cross the:

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Blood-brain barrier (BBB)

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The BBB plays a vital role in protecting the:

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Central nervous system

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Neuronal activity is moderated by _______activity?

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Astrocyte

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What type of neuron directly or indirectly regulates the reuptake of neurotransmitters?

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Astrocytes

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What type of cell forms myelin in the peripheral nervous system?

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Schwann cell

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What is squeezed out of the glial cell in the process of myelin formation?

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Cytoplasm

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______ is a good electrical insulator and speeds up, increases the distance of information travelling across a neuron

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Myelin

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What type of glial cells devour and remove damaged cells?

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Microglial

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What types of cells can proliferate in adults (unlike other cells in the central nervous system)?

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Microglial

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What is another word for a cell body in a neuron

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Soma

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Neuron cell structures (ie nucleus, mitochondria) are suspended in what fluid?

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Cytoplasm

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Cytoplasm is made up of what?

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Ions, predominantly potassium, sodium, chloride, calcium as well as other molecules such as proteins

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Two predominant cellular components unique to neurons are?
Dendrites and the axon
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Most dendrites have _______, which are little knobs attached by small necks to the surface of the dendrites
Spines
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The axon structure of the neuron represents the _____ side of the neuron
Output
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Transmission of electrical or chemical signals occurs at what part of the neuron?
The synapse
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What is an axon collateral?
Where an axon branches to transmit signals to more than one cell
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Evenly spaced gaps in the myelin sheath are called?
Nodes of Ranvier
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Explain neuronal signaling?
The process of neurons receiving, evaluating, and transmitting information
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What are signaling molecules?
Neurotransmitters
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Chemical synapses occur when information transfers across synapses, typically mediated chemically by?
Neurotransmitters
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At an electrical synapse, signals between neurons travel via transsynaptic: ________
Electrical currents
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At resting potential, the inside of the cell is more ________ charged than the outside of the cell
Negatively
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Voltages within the cell depend on the concentration of potassium, sodium, and chloride, as well as on _________
Charged protein molecules both within and outside of the cell
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About how many millivolts (mv) is resting potential within a neuron?
-70mv
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What makes up the bulk of the neuronal membrane?
A bilayer of fatty lipid molecules that separate the cytoplasm from the extracellular milieu
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The neuronal membrane is made up of fatty lipid bilayer, as well as transmembrane ________
Proteins
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What does Neuroglia mean?
Nerve glue
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Glial cells contribute to neural signaling via the production of ________
Myelin sheath
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Which glial cell removes damaged cells as part of the nervous systems immune response?
Microglial
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What cells are the basic building blocks of the nervous system?
Neurons
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What part of the neuron produces energy and chemical substances?
The soma (cell body)
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What part of the neuron receives information from other neurons?
The dendrites
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What part of the neuron transmits information to other neurons?
The axon
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The asymmetrical distribution of ions across a membrane results in resting __________
Membrane potentials
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When does neuron signaling (involving action potentials) occur?
When the sum of multiple EPSP's cause the membrane potential to pass a threshold
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Action potentials jump from the _________ to the nodes of Ranvier
Axon hillock
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Astrocytes form the _______, oligodendrocytes create ______ and ______cells in the Peripheral Nervous System, microglia remove ______
Blood brain barrier, myelin, Schwann, damaged cells
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What transmembrane proteins serve as conduits for ions to move across the neuronal membrane?
Ion Channels and Ion Pumps
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Ion channels found in neurons form transmembrane passageways and selectively permit one type of _______ to pass through the membrane
Ion
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Neuronal ion channels are selective for what ions?
Sodium, potassium, calcium, or chloride ions (Na+, K+, Ca(2)+, and Cl-, respectively
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The neuronal membrane is more permeable to Potassium or Sodium?
Potassium (K+)
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Why is neuronal membrane permeability to Potassium (K+) larger than other ions?
Because there are many more Potassium (K+) selective channels than any other type of ion channel
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Neurons are excitable, which means that their ________
Membrane permeability can change
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In response to nearby transmembrane voltage, or chemical/physical stimuli, gated ion channels _________
Open and close
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Ion channels that always allow their associated ion to pass through are known as ________ ion channels
Nongated
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Under normal conditions, Na+ and Cl- concentrations are greater inside or outside the cell?
Outside
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Under normal conditions, K+ concentrations are greater inside or outside the cell?
Inside
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Inside and outside voltages of neurons are different because the membrane is more permeable to _______ than to _______.
K+ than to Na+
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The force of the K+ concentration gradient pushes K+ out of the cell, leaving the inside of the neuron slightly more ______ than the outside
Negative
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The difference in voltage between the inside and outside of the neuron creates an Electrical _________
Gradient
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The resting membrane potential can be calculated if the ___________ of ions is known
Concentration
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________ cause ionic currents to flow through the volume of the neurons cell body
EPSP's
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Passive current conduction is called __________
Electrotonic conduction or decremental conduction
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The maximum distance a passive current can flow in a neuron is ______
1 millimeter
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What structure is small enough for a neuron-to-neuron communication via decremental conduction?
The retina
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The lipid membrane maintains the separation of intracellular and extracellular ions and _________ charge, that ultimately permits neuronal communication
Electrical
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Ion ______ are proteins with a pore in the center that allow certain ions to flow down their electrochemical and concentration gradients
Channels
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Ion ______ are proteins that use energy to actively transport ions across the membrane against their concentration gradients, from regions of low concentration to higher concentration
Pumps
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Ion pumps use _____ as an energy source to transport ions across the membrane
Adenosine Tri-phosphate
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Who is the "Father of Neuroscience"
Santiago Ramon y Cajal (pathologist)
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What types of cell senses changes in the environment, transmits information to other neurons and commands the body's response?
Neuron
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What type of cell insulates, supports and nourishes neighboring neurons?
Glia
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Resting Membrane Potential in neurons is maintained by
Ion Channels

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