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1
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The nervous system uses electrochemical signals called what?

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impulses

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2
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How are nerve impulses transmitted?

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via cells called neurons

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3
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What other cells do neurons support?

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glia cells

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What are the 3 major regions of a neuron?

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  • dendrites -> receive signals from other cells
  • soma -> houses organelles
  • axon -> transmits signals AWAY from soma
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Dendrites receive what type of potential?

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graded potentials from sensory receptors/neurons

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6
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Axons transmit what type of potential?

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action potentials that travel from axon hillock to terminals

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7
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Which potential can be either excitatory or inhibitory and may not cause a neuron to fire?

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can be either

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8
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What type of potential is always excitatory and can cause a neuron to fire?

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action potential

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9
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What is an afferent neuron?

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  • rely on sensory receptor activities
  • dendrites lie in PNS
  • transmits signals to synapses in CNS
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10
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What is an interneuron?

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  • limited to CNS
  • integrate & interpret signals
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What are efferent neurons?

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  • send out motor neurons
  • dendrites lie in CNS
  • synapses lie in PNS
  • act on motor (muscles) or chemical effectors (glands)
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12
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What are the functions of the astrocytes & satellite cells in neurons?

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  • transport nutrients & metabolic wastes
  • maintain conc. of chemicals in nervous tissue
  • trigger formation of blood brain barrier
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13
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What are the cells of the CNS?

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  • ependymal
  • astrocytes
  • microglia
  • oligodendrocytes
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14
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What are the cells of the PNS?

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satellite & schwann cells

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15
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What is the function of oligodendrocytes?

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  • insulate axons
  • form processes that surround segments of axons in myelin
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16
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What is the function of Schwann cells?

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each cell wraps around an axon creating a singular myelin sheath

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17
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What is the function of microglia?

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  • derived from macrophages early in development
  • engulf & destroy damaged tissue, cells, & foreign invaders
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18
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What is the function of ependymal cells?

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  • line ventricles & central canal of the CNS
  • works with blood vessels & filter blood plasma to produce CSF
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19
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What is a membrane potential?

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difference in electrical charge across the cell membrane

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20
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What type of protein drives potential?

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transport proteins

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21
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What does the NA+/K+ pump drive in & what does it drive out?

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3 Na+ in & 2 K+ out

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22
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What are the 2 types of gradients created by the Na+/K+ pump?

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conc. & electrical gradients

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23
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How can we get from -50mV to -70mV?

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  • negative cystolic proteins
  • Na+ & K+ leakage channels in the membrane (more effective)
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24
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What is the value of resting potential?

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-70mV

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25
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What stimuli CAN trigger a graded potential?

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  • change in voltage
  • presence of an environmental chemical
  • presence of a neurotransmitter
  • mechanical pressure
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26
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What rushes in when a graded potential occurs?

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Na+

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27
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What isthe term to describe a membrane potential being less negative?

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depolarization

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28
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What is a decremental signal?

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when a signal weakens as it moves farther away

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29
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When is a threshold reached?

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when potential rises to -55mV

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30
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What happens when a threshold is reached?

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  • triggers a series of voltage gated Na+ channels in area near axon hillock
  • cell becomes 600x more permeable to Na+ & K+
  • action potential is formed
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31
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What is an overshoot?

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a balanced membrane potential that continues until 30mV potential is reached

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32
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What is repolarization?

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when the membrane potential is negative

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33
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What is hyperpolarization?

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when the charge passes -70mV

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34
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What are the 7 steps of an action potential formation?

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  1. stimulus causes a graded potential
  2. when threshold is reached (-55mV), Na+ channels open
  3. Na+ floods into cell & depolarizes it
  4. at overshoot (+30mV) Na+ channels are blocked & K+ open
  5. K+ floods out of the cell & repolarizes/hyperpolarizes it
  6. action potential travels down the axon
  7. Ca2+ channels open & enters the cell & neurotransmitter is released
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35
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What causes an action potential to travel down an axon?

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Na+ rushing in causing neighboring channels to open

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36
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What is an absolute refractory/downtime period?

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when Na+ is prevented from passing through while the region repolarizes

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37
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What is a relative refractory/downtime period?

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when it takes more Na+ influx to reach threshold

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38
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What speeds up propagation?

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myelination

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39
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What are Nodes of Ranvier?

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areas b/w myelin

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40
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What occurs at the axon terminal?

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Ca+ floods in

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41
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What can the influx of Ca+ in the axon terminal cause?

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  • triggers depolarization in post-synaptic cells
  • triggers exocytosis of neurotransmitters
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42
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What type of gap lies b/w cells?

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synaptic cleft

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43
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What occurs if a neurotransmitter is inhibitory?

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causes K+ or Cl- to rush into the cell

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44
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Endorphins are most likely what?

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inhibitory neurotransmitter

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45
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What are the 2 ways a neurotransmitter can be removed?

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  • degraded by Ach-terase
  • taken up by neuron that released it (ex:serotonin)
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46
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What are the 2 divisions of the nervous system?

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  • CNS -> brain & spinal cord
  • PNS -> sensory & motors; all other nerves
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47
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How does the PNS communicate with the CNS?

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sends sensory info in & receives motor info out

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48
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What type of neuron enters via the dorsal root ganglion?

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afferent = sensory response

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49
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What type of neuron exits ventrally via ventral root ganglion?

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efferent neuron = motor response

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50
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What matter does the CNS have?

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  • white matter -> composed of myelinated neurons
  • grey matter -> cell bodies & interneurons
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51
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What matter transmits signals to/from the brain?

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white

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52
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What is the only nervous system that has NO interneurons and everything is myelinated?

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PNS

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53
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What are the 3 layers of protection of the CNS?

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  • bone -> skull & vertebrae
  • meninges -> membrane b/w bone & brain
  • cerebrospinal fluid -> provides support & nutrients
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54
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What is the order of the layers of the meninges from top to bottom?

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dura -> arachnoid -> pia

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55
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What does dura matter connect to?

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bone

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56
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What is dura matter?

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  • forms a layer of tough fibrous connective tissue
  • houses venous sinuses for blood return from CNS
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57
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What is arachnoid matter?

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  • avascular layer
  • surrounds subarachnoid space that houses CSF
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58
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What does pia matter attach to?

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brain

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59
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What is pia matter?

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  • lines inside & outside of CNS
  • contains blood vessels that branch from arteries
  • forms plexuses in brain ventricles
  • lies on top of brain & spinal cord
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60
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Where does CSF lie?

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in subarachnoid space b/w arachnoid & pia

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What are the 3 functions of CSF?

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  • transfers nutrients, O2, & waste for the CNS
  • cushions brain & protects it
  • supports brain so it doesn’t rest on bone
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62
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Where does CSF travel?

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  • travels through aqueducts b/w ventricles
  • connects central canal of spinal cord
  • passes into suarachnoid
  • forced into blood of dural sinuses
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63
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What type of glial cell forms CSF?

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ependymal cells

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64
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What is the blood- brain barrier?

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  • barrier b/w vessels traveling around the brain & brain
  • prevents materials from passing
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65
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Capillaries are connected by what type of junction in the blood-brain barrier?

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tight

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66
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What cells surround the capillaries in the brain?

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  • pericytes
  • astrocytes
  • microglia
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67
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What is the purpose of the 3 cells surrounding the capillaries in the brain?

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to prevent pathogens & non-lipid soluble molecules from crossing into the neural tissue

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68
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What are the 4 components of the brain?

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  • cerebrum -> sensory & motor; memory & reasoning
  • diencephalon -> processes & delivers sensory info
  • cerebellum -> movement & balance
  • brainstem -> connects spinal cord to brain
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69
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What connects the 2 hemispheres of the cerebrum?

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ant. & post. commisures -> bundles of axons

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70
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What is the name of the thick band of axons traveling through the cerebrum hemispheres?

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corpus callosum

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71
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What part of the brain sets humans apart from other animals?

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an outer cortex in the cerebrum

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72
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What does the cerebrum outer cortex form?

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forms folds (sulci) & hills (gyri) that increase surface area/volume

73
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What cell types does the cerebrum outer cortex form layers with?

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  • stellate cells -> processes incoming sensory info
  • pyrimidal cells -> send motor signals out
74
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What are the 4 lobes of the cerebral cortex?

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  • frontal lobe -> skeletal muscles, decison making, speech, planning
  • parietal lobe -> touch, sensory integration, speech recognition
  • temporal lobe-> hearing, taste, smell
  • occipital lobe -> vison
75
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What structures lie deep to the cerebral cortex?

76
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What do the nuclei do beneath the cerebral cortex?

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  • regulate unconcsious processes (aggression, fear, memory)
  • combine with regions of diencephalon to form limbic system
77
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What region in the cerebral cortex controls movement?

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substantia nigra

78
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What region of the brain forms a relay station?

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diencephalon

79
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What are the thalamus & hypothalamus?

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  • thalamus -> routes all signals to cerebrum
  • hypothalamus -> main homestatic setpoint
80
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What are examples of homeostatic processes that the hypothalamus controls?

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  • HR & BP
  • body temp.
  • hunger
  • water balance
  • regulates endocrine system
81
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What is the cerebellum?

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  • maintains muscle tone
  • sends out corrective signals to maintain balance
  • muscle memory
  • coordinates activites of skeletal muscles
82
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What are the 3 parts of the brainstem?

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  • midbrain -> connects cerebrum to spinal cord
  • pons -> connects cerebrum & cerebellum
  • medualla oblongata -> HR, breathing, visual/auditory
83
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What si the medulla oblongata largely directed to?

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reticular formation

84
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How does the white matter carry signals to/from the brain?

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  • ascending tracts (goes up)-> sensory
  • descending tracts (goes down)-> motor
  • dorsal columns -> ONLY sensory axons
  • lateral & ventral columns -> BOTH motor & sensory
85
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How does the grey matter communicate with the PNS?

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  • dorsal horn -> receives sensory from spinal nerves
  • ventral horn -> carries motor info out
86
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What type of neruons does the dorsal horn have?

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interneuerons & sensory neurons

87
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What type of neruons does the ventral horn have?

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dendrites & soma of motor neurons

88
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What are the 2 major divisions of the PNS?

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  • afferent -> carries sensory impulses to CNS
  • efferent -> motor senses
89
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What are the 2 divisions of the afferent division in the PNS?

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somatic sensory & visceral sensory

90
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What are the general & special divisions in the afferent PNS?

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  • general -> touch, pain, pressure, vibration, temp.
  • special -> hearing, vision, equil., taste, smell
91
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What are the 2 divisions of the efferent division in the PNS?

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  • somatic nervous -> motor inn. of skeletal muscles
  • autonomic -> motor inn. of smooth & cardiac muscles, & glands
92
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What are the characteristics of parasympathetic nerves?

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  • constrict pupils
  • slow HR
  • constrict airways
  • contract bladder
  • inhibit release of glucose
93
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What are the characteristics of sympathetic nerves?

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  • dilate pupils
  • fast HR
  • relax airways
  • relax bladder
  • release of glucose to make ATP
94
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What are the 2 types of nerves in the PNS?

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  • cranial -> connect directly to brain
  • spinal -> pass through spinal cord
95
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What are the 4 plexuses that form from spinal nerves?

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  • cervical -> inn. neck & head
  • brachial -> inn. arms
  • lumbar -> inn. pelvis & ant. leg
  • sacral -> inn. rest of leg
96
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What are neurons called when organized into groups?

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fascicles surrounded by perineurium

97
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What surrounds a neuron?

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layer of connective endoneurium

98
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What is an entire nerve wrapped in?

A

epineurium

99
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What are the 2 branches of the spinal nerve?

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  • dorsal -> sensory/afferent neurons
  • ventral -> motor/ efferent neurons
100
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What type of ganglia is acosciated with parasympathetic signals?

101
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What type of ganglia is associated with thoracic & upper lumbar regions?

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sympathetic

102
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Where does the temrinal ganglia receive input from?

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cranial nerves & lumbosacral plexus

103
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What happens when ion channels open in dendrites?

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increased stimulus activity

104
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What density affects perception?

A

neuron density

105
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What is acuity?

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affects our ability to localize the signal

106
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Do stimuli near the center or the edge of the receptor field generate greater responses?

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stimuli near the center

107
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What are phasic receptors?

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  • exhibit on/off response
  • adapt rapidly & only respond when stimulus is applied/removed
108
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What are tonic receptors?

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respond for the duration of a stimulus (ex: stretch in muscles)

109
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What is the ascending pathway?

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  1. 1st order neurons receive receptor stimuli
  2. 1st neuron synapse with 2nd neuron in spinal cord/ medulla oblongota
  3. 2nd neuron travel to thalamus to synapse with 3rd order neuron
  4. 3rd order neuron travels into cerebral cortex
110
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What receptors are associated with general senses?

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  • thermo
  • mechano
  • nociceptor
111
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What receptors are associated with special senses?

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  • chemo
  • mechano
  • photo
112
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What are thermoreceptors?

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  • change in temp triggers Ca2+ channels to open
  • group of specialized nerve endings
  • found in skin & internally
113
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What chemicals lower the resting potential of a receptor?

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  • capsaicin
  • ethanol
  • menthol
114
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What are pain receptors?

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  • highly conc. in the skin
  • damage to tissue causes Ca2+ channels to open
115
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What releases endorphins?

A

medulla oblongota

116
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Taste buds house what type of cells?

A

epithelial

117
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Taste buds sends signals to what nerves?

A

facial, vagus, & glossopharyngeal

118
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What are the 5 receptors in taste buds?

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  • bitter (alkaloids)
  • sour (H+)
  • salty (cations)
  • umami (L-glutamate)
  • sweet (simple sugars)
119
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How does smell work?

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  • odorants are inhaled & dissolved in mucus
  • bind to cilia on dendrites of olfactory cells
  • receptor cells depolarize & sends signal through olfactory bulb to the brain
120
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What are the 3 places smell go once in the brain?

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  • piriform cortex in temporal lobe
  • secondary olfactroy in frontal lobe
  • amygdala in diencephalon/cortex
121
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How are soundwaves funneled from the environment?

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by the pinna (outer ear) -> ext. acoustic meatus -> ear canal -> tympanic membrane (eardrum)

122
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The tympanic membrane vibrates to what 3 bones of the middle ear?

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  • malleus
  • incus
  • stapes
123
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What is the movement of sound in the middle ear?

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  • malleus attaches to eardrum which vibrates
  • incus vibrates
  • stapes vibrates which attaches to oval window
124
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What separates the middle & inner ear?

A

oval window

125
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What 2 muscles in the middle ear modify the vibrations?

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  • tensor tympani -> controls malleus; dampens loud sounds
  • stapedius -> controls stapes
126
Q

How is sound amplified in the ear?

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pinna -> funnel that focuses sound to tympanum

127
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What is the full path of sound travelling through the ear?

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  • outer ear: pinna -> auditory canal -> tympanic membrane
  • middle ear: malleus -> incus -> stapes
  • inner ear: oval window -> cochlea -> temporal lobe
128
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How do vibrations travel through the cochlea?

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  1. vibrations enter cochlea & travel along vestibular duct
  2. transfers energy to cochlear duct
  3. causes basilar membrane to vibrate
129
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What happens in the organ or corti?

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  • the hair cells get bent & sends a signal to the brain
  • the more frequent the vibration = the louder the sound = more action potentials
130
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What hair cell in the inner ear is associated with equilibrium?

131
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What is static equilibrium?

A

up & down or forward & backward movement

132
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What are the 2 structures involved with static equilibrium?

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saccule (vertical movment) & utricle (forward/backward movement)

133
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What is dynamic equilibrium?

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angular motion using semicircular canals (ex: feeling dizzy being drunk)

134
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The endocrine system is under control of what other system?

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nervous system

135
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What are the characteristics of the endocrine system?

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  • involves hormones
  • hormones transported by blood
  • slow
  • short or long lived responses
  • involuntary
  • affect more than one organ
136
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Endocrine glands are what type of cells?

A

epithelial

137
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What are the characteristics of epithelial glands?

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  • produce/secrete hormones
  • released into blood
  • stimulated by neurons/hormones
138
Q

Hormones are derived from what 2 things?

A

lipids or amino acids

139
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Steroid hormones have what type of solubility?

140
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Protein hormones have what type of solubility?

141
Q

How does signal transduction occur in protein hormones?

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  1. bind to a receptor on the surface of the cell
  2. receptor changes shape & activates something inside
142
Q

Which hormone is faster, stronger, & shorter acting than the other?

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protein hormones > steroid hormones

143
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What are the 7 types of endocrine glands?

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  • brain -> pituitary & pineal
  • throat -> parathyroid & thyroid
  • abdomen -> adrenal & pancreas
  • gonads -> ovaries & testes
144
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What is the neurohypophysis in the pituitary gland?

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  • organ that forms from the diencephalon
  • grows from infundibulum & swells
  • comosed of neurosecretory cells
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What is the adenohypophysis in the pituitary gland?

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  • organ that forms from the pharynx
  • wraps around infundibulum
  • composed of glandular epithelium
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What is the antidiuretic hormone?

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  • akavasopressin
  • affects blood volume
  • constricts blood vessels to increase BP
  • increases water absorption
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What is the oxytocin hormone?

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  • promotes uterine contraction in childbirth
  • triggers ejaculation
  • promotes lactation
  • associated with pair bonding (love & affection)
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What is the hypophyseal portal system?

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capillaries in the infundibulum where regulatory hormones from the hypothalamus can enter

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What organ controls adenohypophysis activity?

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hypothalamus

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What are tropic hormones?

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hormones that have a cascading effect on other endocrine glands

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What are the tropic hormones of the adenohypophysis in the anterior pituitary?

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  • FSH & LH -> gonads
  • growth hormone -> liver, organs & tissues
  • TSH -> thyroid
  • ACTH -> adrenal cortex
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What is the non-tropic hormone?

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prolactin : triggers milk production and breast development

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Whata re growth hormones?

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  • increase protein synthesis
  • promotes lipolysis & gluconeogenesis
  • reduces uptake of glucose by liver
  • acts on liver to produce IGF-1
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The pineal gland have what type of cells?

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photoreactive cells

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What are follicular cells?

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  • produce T3/T4
  • regulated by thyroid hormone
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What does T3 in the thyroid affect?

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  • HR
  • temp.
  • metabolism -> increases activity of proteins & abundance of free fatty acids
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What is hyperthyroidism?

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  • overproduction of T3/T4
  • weight loss & high metabolism
  • common cause: Grave’s disease
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What is calcitonin?

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  • produced by thyroid
  • acts on kidneys, bones, & digestive tract
  • prevents Ca2+ resorption
  • downregulates osteoclasts & activates osteoblasts
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What is the parathyroid hormone?

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  • upregulates osteoclasts
  • promosyes Ca2+ resorption
  • triggers Vit D activation
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What are the 2 parts of the pancreas?

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  • exocrine -> controls digestion in intestine with enzymes produced by acinar cells
  • endocrine -> forms islets of langerhans
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What are the 4 cell types of the islets?

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  • alpha -> produce glucagon
  • beta -> produce insulin
  • gamma -> produce pancreatic polypeptide
  • delta -> produce somatostatin
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What is type 1 diabetes?

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autoimmune system destroys beta cells in pancreas and no can longer produce insulin

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What is type 2 diabetes?

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pancreas can make insulin, but body is insensitive to insulin; decreases insulin receptors

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What are the 2 regions of the adrenal glands?

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outer cortex & inner medulla

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What are the functions of the inner medulla?

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  • has sympathetic neurons
  • produce epinephrine & norepinephrine
  • long lived sympathetic activity
  • increase HR, blood glucose, dilate blood vessels
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What are glucocorticoids?

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  • made by adrenal gland
  • regulated by ACTH
  • promotes glucose synthesis
  • suppresses immune system & blocks inflammation
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What are mineralcorticoids?

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  • made by adrenal gland
  • affect sodium
  • regulated by ACTH
  • release stimulated by renin & angiotensin
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What are androgens?

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  • made by adrenal gland
  • testosterone & estrogen
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What provides mucous for the eye?

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conjunctiva

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What makes the outer layer of the eye?

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  • cornea -> transparent window of the eye
  • sclera -> white part of eye & reflects light
  • optic nerve -> pierce sclera in the back
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What makes the middle layer of the eye?

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  • choroid coat -> contains pigments & blood vessels
  • ciliary body -> adjusts lens of the eye
  • iris -> smooth muscle that adjusts the amount of light into the eye with pupil; eye color
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What does accomodation mean with the eye?

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when the ciliary body sharpens the image a received by photoreceptors

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What makes the inner layer of the eye?

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retina -> photoreceptor cells of eye; continuous with optic nerve; “blindspot”

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What are rod shaped photoreceptors?

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  • long & thin
  • respond to any light
  • DO NOT transmit color info (scotopic vision - black & white vision)
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What are cone shaped photoreceptors?

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  • short
  • give color vision (photopic)
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What are the 3 different types of cones?

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  • blue (cyanolabe) -> max 420 nm
  • green (chlorolabe) -> max 530 nm
  • red (erythrolabe) -> max 560nm
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Rods in the eye contain what type of pigment?

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Where are the cones in the eye found?

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fovea centralis

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What is the pathway of light?

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  1. light passes through the cornea
  2. passes through pupil
  3. hits lens
  4. lens focus light onto retina

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