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Lecture 1: Intro to Neuroanatomy Flashcards

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What are the two main divisions of the Nervous System?

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CNS and PNS

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What are the divisions of the CNS?

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•Brain
•Spinal cord

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What are the divisions of the brain?

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•Cerebellum
•Brainstem
•Cerebellum

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What are the functions of the CNS?

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•Integrates processes and coordinates sensory data and motor commands
•Seat of higher functions

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What are the parts of the seat of higher functions?

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•Intelligence
•Memory
•Learning
•Emotions

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What is the CNS protected by?

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Bone

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What is the PNS surrounded by?

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Soft tissue

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What are the two divisions of the PNS?

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•Somatic
•Autonomic

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What are the two divisions of the the somatic PNS?

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•Motor
•Sensory

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What are the two division of the autonomic PNS?

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•Motor
•Sensory

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What are the two divisions of the Motor component of the autonomic nervous system?

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•Sympathetic
•Parasympathetic

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What does Somatic mean?

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Body wall

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What kind of control is the autonomic nervous system under?

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Not under voluntary control

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What are some examples of autonomic control?

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Nerve supply to the viscera, lungs, gut, sweat glands

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What are some examples of the somatic nervous system?

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The feeling of the skin, or ache when sick, muscle tears, broken bones

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What is an example of the sensory portion of the autonomic nervous system?

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Stomach ache when eating a big meal

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What are Nerve Fibers?

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Axons of neurons in the PNS

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What is a Nerve?

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A collection of axons in the PNS

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What are Ganglia?

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A collection of cell bodies in the PNS

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What are the functions of the PNS?

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•Carries sensory information from receptors to CNS
•Carries motor commands from the CNS to peripheral tissues and systems

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What does the Afferent division of the PNS do?

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Carries sensory information from receptors to CNS

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What does the Efferent division of the PNS do?

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Carries motor commands from the CNS to peripheral tissues and systems

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What does Somatic Sensory include?

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•Skin
•Nervous tissue under the skin
•Sensory fibres in muscle and bone

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What does Autonomic Sensory include?

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Only sensations when something is wrong
•Pain
•Ischemia

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What kind of matter is on the outer portion of the brain?
Grey matter
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What kind of matter is the inner portion of the brain made of?
White matter
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Why is the inner part of the brain made of white matter?
Because these are the axons of the neurons
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What does grey matter indicate?
That neuronal cell bodies are present
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Where are all the neuronal cell bodies in the brain located?
The outer part
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What does white matter present indicate?
Axons
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What is a Nucleus?
A collection of cell bodies in the CNS
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What is the difference between a Nucleus and a Ganglia?
•A collection of cell bodies in the CNS is a Nucleus •A collection of cell bodies in the PNS is a Ganglia
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What is a Tract?
A bundle of axons in the CNS
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What is the difference between a Tract and a Nerve?
•A Tract is a collection of axons in the CNS •A Nerve is a collection of axons in the PNS
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How many layers are in the outer grey matter of the brain?
6 layers
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Who was the father of neuroscience?
Ramon y Cajal
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What do all neurons have?
•Cell body •Dendrite (cytoplasmic processes) •Axon Hillock
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What do dendrites do?
Receives signals from other neurons
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What does the axon hillock do?
Elicits the action potential
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Which neurons are always myelinated?
Motor neurons
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Why does the sensory neuron look different than the cortical and motor neurons?
•Doesn't have a dendrite •Has two axons
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Where is the cell body for all sensory neurons located?
In the PNS in Ganglia
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What do sensory neurons lack?
Dendrites
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Which neurons have dendrites?
•Cortical Neurons •Motor neurons
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Where are Purkinje neurons found?
In the cerebellum
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What is the functional unit in the nervous system?
The neurons
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What is the function of the Neuron?
Transmit information to other cells
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What is the Electrical signalling of a neuron?
Neurotransmission via action potential
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What is the chemical signalling of a neuron?
Synthesis, transport and release of neurotransmitters at the synaptic terminal
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What is a Synapse?
A point of contact of an axon terminal with another nerve or target cell
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What is the function of a Synapse?
Transmits nerve impulses via chemical neurotransmitters
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In what direction do nerve impulses flow?
Unidirectional
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What do motor neurons synapse on?
Muscle and glands
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Where are the cell bodies of somatic motor neurons found?
In the spinal cord
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What neurotransmitter do somatic motor neurons release?
Acetylcholine
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What are the two classes of cells in the nervous system?
•Neurons •Neuroglial cells
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What do Neuroglial cells do?
•Support and protect neurons •Form the connective tissue of the nervous system •Signal to each other and other neurons
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What are the Glial cells found in the PNS?
•Schwann cells (myelin) •Satellite cells
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What are the Glial cells found in the CNS?
•Oligodendrocytes (myelin) •Astrocytes •Microglia •Ependymal cells
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Which glial cells form the Myelin in the PNS and CNS?
•PNS - Schwann cells •CNS - Oligodendrocytes
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What does Myelination help with?
Rapid transmission of nerve impulses
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What is the Myelin sheath?
Plasma membrane with specialization to it
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What do Satellite cells do?
•Surround sensory neurons in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) •Regulates O2, CO2 and neurotransmitters
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What do satellite cells surround?
Sensory neurons in the DRG
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What do Schwann cells do?
•Surround all sensory neurons •Myelinate peripheral axons •Provides support for unmyelinated axons (remark bundles) •Participate in regeneration
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What do Schwann cells surround?
All sensory neurons
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Where are the motor neuron cells bodies always located?
In the ventral horn of the spinal cord
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Where are somatic motor neuron cell bodies always found?
In the ventral horn of the spinal cord
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What are motor neurons myelinated by?
They are first myelinated by oligodendrocytes in the spinal cord then by Schwann cells in the PNS
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What do Oligodendrocytes do?
•Myelinate CNS axons •Provide structural framework
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What do Astrocytes do?
•Maintain BBB •Regulate ion, nutrient, dissolved gas concentration •Absorb and recycle neurotransmitters •Forms glial scar after injury
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What do Microglia do?
•Remove cell debris, wastes and pathogen by phagocytosis
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What myelinates CNS axons?
Oligodendrocytes
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What happens if you lose one oligodendrocyte?
Because they myelinate so many neurons in the CNS there will be more effects than losing a Schwann cell
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What cells maintain the BBB?
Astrocytes
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What cells absorb and recycle neurotransmitters?
Astrocytes
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What cells form glial scars after injury?
Astrocytes
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What is the downside of Astrocytes?
They remain after injury and form scarring and prevent neurons from trying to regrow
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What are the Macrophages of the brain?
Microglia
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What do Ependymal cells do?
•Line ventricles (brain) and the central canal (spinal cord) •Help produce, circulate and monitor cerebrospinal fluid
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Where are Sensory neuronal cell bodies located?
In ganglia in the PNS
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What is white matter?
Aggregates of myelinated fibres
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What is Grey matter?
Collections of neuronal cell bodies, dendrite and unmyelinated axons
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Why does grey matter look grey?
Because it lacks myelin
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What is the distribution of grey and white matter in the brain?
The grey is on the outside, and the white is on the inside
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What is the distribution of grey and white matter in the Spinal Cord?
White on the outside and grey on the inside
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How can you tell which is the dorsal and ventral side of a spinal cord?
The ventral portion will not have grey matter touch the outside but the dorsal will
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Which part of the spinal cord are the motor neuronal cell bodies?
In the ventral part of the spinal cord
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Which part of the spinal cord do sensory axons enter?
The dorsal part
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What are the three layers of a nerve?
•Epineurium (outermost) •Perineurium •Endoneurium (innermost)
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What is the outermost layer of a nerve?
The epineurium
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What is the middle layer of a nerve?
Perineurium
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What is the innermost layer of a nerve?
Endoneurium
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What do large diameter sensory neurons sense?
•Touch, pressure •Vibration
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What do small diameter sensory neurons sense?
Pain and temperature
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Which is faster large or small diameter axons and why?
Large are faster because they are heavily myelinated
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What are Dorsal Root Ganglia?
The cell bodies of primary sensory neurons
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What kind of neurons are in the Dorsal Root Ganglia?
Pseudounipolar neurons
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What are the cell bodies in the Dorsal Root Ganglia surrounded by?
Satellite cells

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