Intro to CNS CADE Flashcards
The CNS consists of the?
Brain and Spinal Cord
PNS consists of ___ pairs of _____ nerves and ___ pairs of _____ nerves
31 pairs of spinal nerves and 12 pairs of cranial nerves
What are the two enlargements in the spinal cord? Why might this be?
- Cervical Enlargement
- Lumbar Enlargement
- upper limbs (cervical) &lower limbs(lumbar), need more neurons because fine sensation in our limbs than we would in our trunk (thoracic area).
Axons are neuron cell processes that ____ _____ to other cells
Neurons are nerve cells specialized for ____ and ____ information to _____ cells
*Dendrites are neuron cell processes that ____ ____
- receiving and transmitting information
- Effector
- *Receive info
- # Send info
_____ insulates the axon because why?
Most motor neurons are classified as ______.
- Myelin
- so the electrical signal will not degrade while traveling down the nerve.
- multipolar
- Communication between neurons occurs at _____.
- Action potentials can cause release of ________.
- Neurotransmitter function can be____ or _____
synapses
NT
excitatory or inhibitory
Glial cells do things like _____ axons with myelin to ensure electrical signal does not degrade over distance and create Bridges between neurons and _____ ______ or the ____ _____ _____.
- insulate
- blood vessels
- BBB
Gray matter is mainly what?
GM is used for?
GM can be found in the ____ _____ and groups of cell bodies in CNS called ______.
Neuronal cells bodies
synaptic communication
cerebral cortex
nuclei
White matter is mainly made of what?
These will Transmit _____ signals over long distances via _____
These pathways can be named what 5 things for WM?
- thousands of myelinated axons
- electrical
- neural pathways
- Funiculus
- Tract
- Fasciculus
- Lemniscus
- Bundle
What are nuclei in the CNS?
discrete clusters of gray matter in the CNS
Most of the synaptic communication between neurons occurs where?
Gray Matter
Pathways whose origin, course, and target remain on the same side of the CNS are termed ______, while those that cross the midline are termed _______.
- ipsilateral
- contralateral
Another type of crossing pathway is a commissure, which connects corresponding regions on each side of _____ or _____ _____.
the brain or spinal cord.
Match colors!
- Blue: Telencephalon (forebrain)
- Purple: Diencephalon
- Red:Medulla (foramen magnum)
- Pink: Spinal Cord
- Yellow: Pons
- Black: Cerebellum (metencephalon)
- Green:
Mesencephalon
Midbrain
What are these Cuts?
1,2&3?
- Transverse
- Coronal
- Sagittal
Pink? Blue? Orange? Green?
P-Occipital Lobe
B- Frontal Lobe
G- Temporal Lobe
O-Pareital