Chapter 45: Nuerons and Nervous System Flashcards

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dendrites

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receive information from other neurons

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cell body

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contains the nucleus and most of the cell organelles

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axon

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conducts action potentials away from the cell body

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axon terminals

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synapse with a target cell

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synapse

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axon terminal comes extremely close to the membrane of the target cell

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neurotransmitter

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chemical messengers

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oligodendrocytes

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wrap around axons of neurons of brain and spinal cord, covering them with concentric layers of insulating plasma membrane

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schwann cells

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outside brain and spinal cord, wrap axons

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myelin

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covering produced by the oligodendrocytes and schwann cells. Give glistening white appearance

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Astrocytes

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contribute to the blood-brain barrier

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blood-brain barrier

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protects the brain from toxic chemicals in the blood

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tripartite synapse

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idea that a synapse includes not only the pre- and postsynaptic neurons but also connections from astrocytes

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13
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microglia

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provide the nervous system with immune defenses

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membrane potential

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is a charge difference across the membrane. with the inside of cell negative relevant to outside

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resting potential

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steady state membrane potential

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voltage

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force that causes electrically charged particles to move from one point to another

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sodium potassium pump

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keeps the concentration of K+ greater on the outside. requires ATP to do work

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patch clamping

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record in real time the tiny electric currents caused by the opening and closings of single ion channels

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depolarized

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inside of neuron becomes less negative (or more positive) in comparison to its resting condition

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hyperpolarized

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membrane potential become even more negative

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graded membrane potential

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change from the resting potential

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axon hillock

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region of the cell body at the base of the axon

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refractory period

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about 1-2 milliseconds during which, voltage-gated sodium pumps cannot open again

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after-hyperpolarization

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dip in the membrane potential following an action potential

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nodes of Ranvier
regularly spaced gaps, where axon is not covered with myelin
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saltatory conduction
action potentials "jump" from node to node in myelinated axons, allowing faster transmissions
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electrical synapses
action potential spreads directly from presynaptic cell to postsynaptic cell
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chemical synapses
neurotransmitters released from presynaptic cell induces change is postsynaptic cell
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neuromuscular junctions
synapses between neurons and skeletal muscle cells
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acetylcholine
neurotransmitter used by all vertebrate neuromuscular synapses
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motor end plate
postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction is modified part of the muscle cell plasma membrane
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synaptic cleft
space between the pre synaptic membrane and the postsynaptic membrane
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spatial summations
adds up the simultaneous influences of synapses at different sites on the postsynaptic cell
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temporal summation
adds up the postsynaptic potentials generated at the same site in a rapid sequence
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ionotropic receptors
ion channels or directly influence ion channels. generally fast
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metabotropic receptors
influence the postsynaptic cell through various signal transduction pathways an can result in the opening or closing of ions. slower than inotropic receptors
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agonist
drugs that mimic or potentiate the effect of a neurotransmitter
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antagonists
block the actions of neurotransmitter
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afferent neuron
carry sensory information into the nervous system.
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efferent neuron
carry commands to physiological and behavioral effectors such as muscles and glands
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interneuron
integrate and store information and communicate between afferent and efferent neuron
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gray matter
rich in neural cell bodies
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whiter matter
contains myelinated axons
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spinal reflex
conversion of afferent to efferent information in the spinal cord without the participation of the brain