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Exam Two Flashcards

1
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Taste bud anatomy breakdown

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papillae -> multiple taste buds per papilla -> 100 taste receptor cells per taste bud -> 10 different afferent nerve fibers per taste bud

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Tastants that pass directly through the ion channels

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Salty and Sour

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3
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Tastants that activate or block ion channels

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Sour

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Tastants that bind to G-protein-coupled receptors

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Bitter, sweet, umami

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Salty transduction steps

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  1. Na+ ions enter via amiloride Na+ channels
  2. Depolarization amplified by volt-gated Na+ channels
  3. Ca2+ enters volt-gated Ca2+ channels
  4. Vesicle fusion, transmitter release
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Sour transduction steps

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  1. H+ ions pass through proton channels
  2. H+ ions block certain types of K+ channels which causes depolarization
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7
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Bitter genes

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TAS2R

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Sweet genes

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T1R receptor combo, T1R2+T1R3

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9
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Umami genes

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T1R1 + T1R3

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10
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Cranial nerves involved in taste

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VII (facial, anterior 1/3)
IX (glossopharyngeal, posterior 1/3)
X (vagus)

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11
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Central taste pathway order

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Tongue, cranial nerves, medulla, thalamus, cortex

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12
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Receptor Potential

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A stimulus-induced shift in Vm. Similar to PSP but caused by an external chemical stimulus, rather than by neurotransmitter release

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13
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Temperature, touch, irritation, and pain are encoded by what cranial nerve?

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V (trigeminal)

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14
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Olfactory transduction steps

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GPCR pathway leads to activatino of cyclic-nt-gated cation (Na+/Ca2+) channels and subsequent activation of calcium-gated Cl- channels which causes depolarization

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15
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How does adaptation occur?

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  1. prolonged receptor cell activation
  2. increased intracellular calcium levels
  3. decreased sensitivity of cAMP-gated cation channels
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16
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Macula

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Yellowish pigmented area near the center of the retina, responsible for high-acuity and central vision

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17
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Retina vertical pathway

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Photoreceptors -> bipolar cells -> ganglion cells

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18
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Amacrine cells

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receive input from bipolar cells; synapse with ganglion cells, bipolar cells, and other amacrine cells

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Horizontal cells

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receive input from photoreceptors; synapse with other photoreceptors and with bipolar cells

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20
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What cells are spiking cells?

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ganglion and amacrine cells

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21
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Photoreceptor outer segment is the

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photosensitive region

22
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Photoreceptor inner segment is the

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cellular support region

23
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Photoreceptor synaptic terminal is the

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neurotransmitter release spot

24
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Peripheral retina characteristics

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  • higher ratio of rods to cones
  • higher ratio of photoreceptors to ganglion cells
  • more sensitive to light
  • less sensitive to color
25
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Phototransduction mechanism in rods

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light-activated G-protein-coupled biochemical cascade modulates cGMP-gated Na+ channels
- Na+ channels open in the dark, photoreceptors depolarize

26
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Pupillary light reflex neural circuit

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optic nerve (II) -> midbrain (pretectal) -> midbrain (edinger-westphal) -> oculomotor nerve (III)

27
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Neuron Receptive field definition

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The region of the sensory surface that when stimulated, changes the membrane potential of the neuron

28
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Off-Center receptive field

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inhibited (hyperpolarized) by stimulation in the center of the RF; excited(depolarized) by stimulation in the surround of the RF

29
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Optic neuritis

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lesion of the optic nerve
- MRI shows inflammation, you lose vision in ONE eye

30
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Bitemporal hemianopia

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lesion at the optic chiasm
- lose vision in BOTH eyes

31
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Homonymous hemianopia

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lesion posterior to optic chiasm

32
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The main retinofugal projection is to the

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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (Thalamus)

33
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Other retinofugal projections go to the

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hypothalamus, pretectum (midbrain), superior colliculus (midbrain)

34
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Ocular dominance columns

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alternating “stripes” of neurons in layer IV of striate cortex that respond preferentially to input from one eye or the other

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Layers II, III, and IVB of the striate cortex project where?

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Other cortical areas

36
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Layer V of the striate cortex projects where?

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Other cortical areas

37
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Layer V of the striate cortex projects where?

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The pons and superior colliculus

38
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Layer VI of the striate cortex projects where?

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Back to the LGN

39
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Retinotopic

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Position

40
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Ocularity

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Depth perception

41
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Orientation

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Edges

42
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Blobs

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Color processing

43
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Parvo

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Form/shape

44
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Magno

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Motion

45
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Dorsal Stream (Area MT)

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Analysis of visual motion, spatial relations, visual control of action ; called the “where” pathway

46
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Ventral Stream (area IT)

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Visual perception, object recognition ; called the “what” pathway

47
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Perilymph

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Fluid in scala vestibuli and scala tympani (low K, high Na)

48
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Endolymph

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Fluid in scala media, bathes tips of hair cells (high K, low Na)

49
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Stria Vascularis

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produces endolymph, active transport of Na and K to maintain high K and low Na

50
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Inner hair cells

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Sensory input, 10 spiral ganglion fibers synapse with each hair cell

51
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Outer hair cells

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motor output, adjust tension of basilar membrane, one spiral ganglion fibre synapses with multiple outer hair cells

52
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