Chapter 9 Review Flashcards
Astrocytes provide a protection of the brain called ______
Blood-brain barrier
At a synapse, the neuron that is sending the action potential is ______
Presynaptic
This lines the cavities of the brain in the CNS
Ependymal
Produces the myelin in the CNS
Oligo dendrocytes
Supports neurons in the ganglia
Satellite
Star shaped and supports neurons in the CNS
Astrocytes
Smallest size of the neuroglia
Microglia
Forms neurolemma and myelin in PNS
Schwann
The 3 functions of the nervous system are
Sensory, integration And motion
The synaptic cleft is the space that a _____
crosses to initiate a response in a post synaptic neuron
Neurotransmitter
What’s is the difference between a nerve and a tract?
Nerve-PNS
Tract- CNS
(Bundles of myelinated fibers)
The insulating material of a neuron in the PNS is ______
Myeline
Name 2 characteristics that would increase the speed of nerve transmission
- Warmer temp
- Larger diameter
- Has myelin
The body’s natural painkiller is _____
Endorphin
A neurotransmitter that helps regulate moods is
Seritonion
The “fight or flight” nervous system is _____
Sympathetic
Describe the arrangement if the gray a white matter in the spinal cord
Gray-inside-unmyelinated
White-outside- myelinated
Highly branched; input part of the neuron
Dendrite