Kap 2. Struktur og funksjon av nervesystemet Flashcards
Hvor mange nerve celler er det i menneskers hjerne?
omtrent 86 billioner nevroner
Sentral nerve systemet (CNS) består av
hjernen og ryggmargen
Annet ord for “receiving cell”
the postsynaptic cell
Det perifere nervesystemet består av
nerver og det meste av de sensoriske organene (se bilde s. 38)
Det har et somatisk system som responderer til stimuli fra miljøet, og et automatisk system som deles i to. Sympatisk (activation) og parasympatisk (homostasis)
Myelin Sheath
Fatty substance that provides insulation for the electrical message
Annet ord for “sending cell”
the presynaptic cell
Area Postrema
part of the brain that controls vomiting
The interior of the neuron (Framework)
cytoskeleton
Cytoskeleton består av 3 proteiner. Hva heter de?
Microtubules (thinkest) - 13 proteins filaments arranged around a hollow core. Form the “tracks” for axoplasmic transport
Cytoplasm - Semiliquid/jellylike - fills the space surrounded by the membrane - Organelle
Nucleus
se s. 40 figur 2.5
Chromosomes
consist of long strands of deoxyribonucleid acid (DNA) and is the recipe for protein
23 par
- structures made up by a double helix, holding the organism’s DNA sequence.
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Genes
responsible for initiating the process of protein synthesis in the cell
segments of DNA encoding for particular proteins
It can be splitted up into nucleotides
mRNA
Messenger ribonucleic acid
- Kopierer informasjon fra genet
which are complementary strands of nucleotides
required for protein synthesis.
The blood – brain barrier
A barrier exists betweem the blood and the fluid that surrounds the cells of the brain
The blood - brain barrier is Selectivly permeable. What does that mean?
some membrane can pass, some cannot
Myelin Sheath
Fatty substance that provides insulation for the electrical message (axon)
(White matter)
Astrocytes (CNS)
- star cell
- fysical support to nevrons and clean up debris of the brain
- sorounding somatic and dendritic membranes
Phagocytosic
the prosess of a astrocyte contact a piece of debris from a dead neuron, they engulf and digest it
Oligodendrocytes (CNS)
- provide support to axons
- produce the myelin sheath and isluates the axons from eachother
- one can produce up to 50 segments of myelin
- “Node of Ranvier”
Microglia (CNS)
- smallest of glia cells
- act as phagocytes + protecting brain from invading microorganisms (helping immune system)
Schwann Cells (PNS)
- preform same process as oligodendrocytes , but provide myelin for only one axon and the whole cell sorrounds the axon
+ facilitate recovery from injury to neurons
What is the membrane potensial?
Most neurons are ca. 70 units, or - 70 mV , more negatively charged inside the axon xomåared to outside. Any difference in charge (postive or negative) agross the membrane is called the membrane potensial.
Its affected by to opposing forces: diffusion and electrostatic pressure
Potensial = stored up energy
Resting potensial
The neuron are resting, the membrane potensial remains at -70 mV
Hyperpolarization
is when the inside of an axon becomes more negative (from resting potensial) relative to the outside
- less likely to send a message
Depolarization
When the inside of the axon becomes more positive (from resting potensial) relative to the outside
- more likely to send a message