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Chapter 7: Nervous System Flashcards

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What are the three functions of the Nervous System?

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Sensory input, Integration, and Motor output

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How is the Nervous System classified? (2)

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Structure and Activity

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What are the ORGANS that are in the Central Nervous System? (2)

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Brain and Spinal Cord

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What is the function of the PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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serving as communication lines among sensory organs, the brain and spinal cord, and glands or muscles

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What are the two divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System?

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Sensory Division and Motor Division

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What is the function of the PNS SENSORY division?

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carry INFORMATION TO the central nervous system

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What is the function of the PNS MOTOR division?

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carry IMPULSES AWAY from the central nervous system

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What are the two SUBDIVISIONS of the PNS MOTOR division?

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Somatic Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System

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What is the function of the SOMATIC nervous system?

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consciously controls skeletal muscles

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What is the function of the AUTONOMIC nervous system?

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automatically controls smooth and cardiac muscle and glands

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What are two nervous systems divided from the AUTONOMIC nervous system?

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sympathetic and parasympathetic

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What are the two cells types that make up Nervous Tissue?

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Neuroglial cells and Neurons

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What is the function of NEUROGLIAL CELLS

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providing support to neurons (by physical support, controlling the chemical environment around them, insulation, and producing cerebrospinal fluid)

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What is the function of NEURONS?

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transmit information

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What are the two major components to all neurons?

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Dendrites and Axons

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What in the function of DENDRITES?

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conduct impulses TOWARD the cell body; hundreds in one neurons

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What is the function of AXONS?

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conduct impulses AWAY from the cell body; only one per neuron

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What is a SYNAPTIC CLEFT?

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a gap between axon terminals and the next neuron or cell

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What is a SYNAPSE?

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functional junction between cells where a nerve impulse is transmitted

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What is MYELIN?

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white, fatty material covering axons

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What is the function of the MYELIN?

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protects and insulates the axon; increases the speed of nerve impulse transmission

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What is NUCLEI?

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clusters of neuron cell bodies in the CNS

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What is GANGLIA?

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collections of neuron cell bodies in the PNS

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What is NERVE FIBERS?

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What is TRACTS?

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bundles of axons in the CNS

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What is NERVES?

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bundles of axons in the PNS

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What is WHITE MATTER?

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collections of myelinated axons in the CNS

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What is GRAY MATTER?

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unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies in the CNS

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What is the function of SENSORY NEURONS?

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carry impulses from sensory receptors to the CNS

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What are the three receptors that are included in SENSORY RECEPTORS?

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cutaneous receptors in skin, position receptors in muscles and tendons, receptors in visceral organs

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What is the function of INTERNEURONS?

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connect sensory and motor neurons

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What is the function of MOTOR NEURONS?

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carry impulses from the CNS to viscera, muscles, glands

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When is a neuron is INACTIVE?

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when it’s in its resting state

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_______ positive ions are inside the neuron’s cell membrane than outside?

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POTASSIUM IONS are the major positive ion at high concentration _______ the cell

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SODIUM IONS are the major positive ion at high concentration _______ the cell

37
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The cell membrane of neurons at rest is ______________ to ions

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impermeable

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What is SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION?

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transmission of the nerve signal at the synapse between the synaptic terminals and the next neuron or cell

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What is a REFLEX?

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rapid, predictable, and involuntary responses to stimuli

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What are the two reflexes?

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Somatic and Autonomic

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What are SOMATIC REFLEXES?

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reflexes that stimulate the skeletal muscles

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What are AUTONOMIC REFLEXES?

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regulates the activity of smooth muscles, the heart, and glands

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What are the six elements of a reflex?

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  1. Sensory receptor, 2. Sensory neuron, 3. integration center, 4. Motor neuron, 5. effector organ, 6. Response
44
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What are the FOUR distinct regions of the BRAIN?

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Cerebral hemispheres (2), diencephalon, brain stem, cerebellum

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What is the name for the RIDGES on the surface of the brain?

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What is the name of the GROOVES on the surface of the brain?

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What are the THREE MAIN REGIONS of the cerebral hemispheres?

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Cerebral Cortex (superficial gray matter); axon tracts (white matter); Basal Nuclei (deep pockets of gray matter)

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What is the FUNCTION OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX?

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interpreting sensory inputs; controlling (voluntary and skilled) skeletal muscle activity

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What is the FUNCTION of the BASAL NUCLEI?

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helping control skeletal movements

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Some of the FUNCTIONAL AREAS that make up the cerebral cortex

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Sensory Cortices; Motor Cortices; Association areas

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What is the FUNCTION of the SENSORY CORTICES?

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receive and “file away” sensory input

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What is the FUNCTION of the MOTOR CORTICES?

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provide motor output commands

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What is the FUNCTION of the ASSOCIATION AREAS?

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integrate sensory input with motor output

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