HES quiz 2 Flashcards
nerve cell types
Neurons
the parts of a neuron
nuclei, soma, dendrites, axon, axon terminal
glial cells
supporting cells
what is the white matter?
axons, interior, myelin
what is the grey matter?
dendrites
outer cortex
ganglion
a group of neurons outside the CNS
nucleus
a group of neurons within the CNS
Nerve
a group of nerve fibers (axon) outside the CNS
tract
a group of nerve fibers within the CNS
sensory input
gathers info
integration
processes, decides whether action needs to be taken
response
motor output needed to fix the problem, muscle movement, hormone release
somatic nervous system
conscious perception and voluntary or reflex motor responses
autonomic nervous system
involuntary control to regulate organ systems and maintain homeostasis
what makes up the autonomic nervous system and what are the functions?
Sympathetic - flight or fight
parasympathetic - rest and digest
Enteric nervous system
controls smooth muscle and glandular tissue in digestive tissue
CNS
brain and spinal cord
integrative and control centers
PNS
cranial nerves
spinal nerves
communication between CNS and the body
sensory (afferent) division
somatic and visceral sensory nerve fibers
Conducts impulses from receptors to the CNS
Motor (efferent) division
motor nerve fibers
conducts impulses from the CNS to effectors (muscles and glands)
What does the axon have and do?
wrapped in myelin made from glial cells
propagates impulse
Node of rainvier - gaps
Axon hillock - initial segment
Types of neurons
unipolar
bipolar
multipolar
unipolar
axon and dendrite in 1 process
sensory; mainly peripheral nervous system
bipolar
2 processes, axon and dendrite
sensory only
not common
multipolar
axon & 1> dendrite
most common
motor neurons
interneurons - impulses within the CNS to integrate sensory and motor input