Exam 2 - Nervous Flashcards
two systems responsible for maintaining homestasis
nervous and endocrine
regulates body activities by responding rapidly using nerve impulses
nervous system
system responds more slowly by use of hormones
endocrine system
the branch of medical science that deals with the normal functioning and disorders of the nervous system
neurology
brain and spinal cord
CNS
12 cranial nerves, spinal nerves (31 pairs), peripheral nerves
PNS
The nervous system comprises:
brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, ganglia, enteric plexuses, and sensory receptors
functions of the nervous system
sensory, integrative, motor
detect changes in internal / external environment
carry info to brain and spinal cord
afferent neurons
sensory
afferent neurons
sensory receptors
analyze and store info
make decisions
many are interneurons, relatively short in brain, spinal cord, and ganglia that connect nearby neurons
Integrative
responds to decisions
motor neurons carry info from brain to spinal cord to effectors (muscles or glands)
efferent neurons
Motor
efferent neurons
motor neurons
general organization of the nervous system
somatic
autonomic
enteric
sensation from body wall, limbs, head, special senses (sight, hearing, taste, balance, smell)
somatic
motor control of skeletal muscle
somatic (voluntary control)
sensation from internal organs like heart, lungs, bladder
autonomic
motor control of smooth and cardiac muscle (i.e. involuntary muscle), glands (involuntary control)
autonomic
sensation from gastrointestinal tract
enteric
motor control of smooth muscle and glands of the GI (involuntary control)
enteric
consists of all nervous tissue outside the CNS
PNS
made up of Somatic, Autonomic, and Enteric Nervous Systems
PNS
has both sensory and motor neurons
PNS
The motor part of the ANS has which two branches?
sympathetic and parasympathetic
an association (a bundle) of neuronal axons in the PNS
nerve
a group of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS
ganglion
an association (a bundle) of neuronal axons in the CNS
tract
an association (a bundle) of (unmyelinated) nerve cell bodies in the CNS
Nucleus
an extensive network of nerves found within the PNS
Plexus
cells that have the property of electrical excitability, and are specially adapted to produce and transmit AP’s
Neurons
cells of the NS that support, flourish, and protect the neurons
Neuroglia
are there more neuroglia or neurons? Why?
neuroglia stupid!
neurons do not replace themselves via mitosis like neuroglia
what are the basic parts of the neuron
cell body and nerve fibers comprising of an axon and dendrites
name adaptions for neurons
axoplasm (the cytoplasm of an axon)
axolemma (the plasmalemma of axon)
axoplasm
(the cytoplasm of an axon)
axolemma
(the plasmalemma of axon)
like most cell neurons have nucleus, cytoplasm, typical organelles
what are the specialized forms of organelles?
Nissl bodies (prominent clusters of rough ER)
prominent clusters of rough ER in a neuron
Nissl bodies
little trees
dendrites
typically short, tapering, highly branched
dendrites
propagates impulses to another neuron, muscle, or nerve
axon
can approximate three feet in humans
axon
almost always a single axon per nueron, T or F
True
typically arises from an elevation in the cell body called the axon hillock
axon
small hill of the neuron
axon hillock
first part of the axon
intial segment
impulses i.e. AP’s generally arise in the
trigger zone
the junction of the hillock an initial segment
trigger zone
if an axon is cut what happens
distal fragment dies
does axon contain RER?
No… protein synthesis does not occur in axon
axon contains?
Mitochondira
Microtubules
Neurofibrils
may branch of main axon
axon collaterals
end of axons and collaterals
axon terminal (telodendria)
telodendria
end of axons and collaterals
telodendria end in either
synaptic bulbs
varicosities
synaptic bulbs are
bulb-shaped structures at end of telodendria
varicosities are
string of swollen bulbs at end of telodendria
cytoskeleton of typical neuron comprised of
neurofibrils
microtubules
neurofibrils of typical neuron
intermediate filaments which provide structure and support
microtubules of typical neuron are made of and do what?
tubulin
moving material between the cell body and axon
what does synthesis of new proteins, vessicles, etc take place in the neuron?
cell body not axon