Final Flashcards
3 TYPES of neuroactive substances BASED ON A MANNER OF ACTION?
NEUROtransmitters/modulators/hormones
What are the UNIQUE PROPERTIES of neurons?
Depolarization,
Propagation,
Transmission,
Neural impulse
Based on a MANNER OF ACTION DEFINE neurotransmitter
neuroactive substance acting rapidly and locally on a target cell
Name given to a major cellular mass of a neuron?
Cell body, Soma, or Perikaryon
What are the BASIC MORPHOLOGIES of neurons?
Unipolar,
Bipolar,
Psuedounipolar,
Multipolar
Possible locations of BIPOLAR neurons?
Nasal epithelium,
Retina,
Vestibular “Scarpa’s ganglion”,
Cochlear “Spiral ganglion”
Possible locations of PSEUDOUNIPOLAR neurons?
ANY SENSORY GANGLION other than those of the 8TH cranial nerve
A PRIMARY SENSORY NEURON of a typical sensory pathway is located in a __________?
Sensory ganglion
The morphology of most MOTOR/EFFERENT neurons assc. w/ the PNS is _____________?
Multipolar
The 3 CLASSIFICATIONS of receptor endings are?
- Functional specificity
- Distribution-Function
- Structure or Morphology
CHEMORECEPTORS monitor?
- Hypoxia or decreased oxygen levels
- Hypercapnia or increased carbon dioxide levels
- Elevated Hydrogen ions, an indication of circulating blood pH
Types and examples of EXTEROCEPTORS?
A. General or cutaneous sense organs such as free nerve endings, encapsulated nerve endings and epidermal nerve endings.
B. Special sense receptors for olfaction, hearing, taste, and equilibrium
Examples of PROPRIOCEPTORS?
Golgi tendon organs, Neuromuscular spindles, Pacinian corpuscles, Inner ear receptors for equilibrium, Specialized receptors for joints
INTEROCEPTORS are located in?
Viscera,
Glands,
Blood Vessels
Type of encapsulated nerve ending sensitive to VIBRATION?
Pacinian corpuscles or Lamellated corpuscles