Lecture 13 - Nervous System Flashcards
functions of the nervous system (4)
awareness
coordination and control
memory and learning
establishing patterns of response
3 organizations of the nervous system
CNS - central nervous system
PNS - peripheral nervous system
ANS - autonomic nervous system
what is associated in the central nervous system
brain & spinal cord
what is associated in PNS
cranial nerves & spinal nerves
PNS nerves are differed by
motor and sensory nerves
spinal nerves come out of
intervertebral foramen of the vertebra
sensory =
afferent
coming IN to be processed
somatic and visceral in sensory nerves
somatic = bowing ball on your lap, you can feel it
visceral = something inside your body is wrong
motor =
efferent
coming out
getting your body to do some type of work
somatic and visceral in motor nerves
somatic = skeletal muscles
visceral = smooth and cardiac muscle
motor visceral —>
ANS (autonomic nervous system)
2 subdivisions of ANS
sympathetic and parasympathetic
what happens in ANS sympathetic
speeds heart (adrenaline)
fight or flight response
decrease GI tract
what happens in ANS parasympathetic
slows heart
controls smooth muscle contractions
involuntary control
REST AND DIGEST
increase GI tract
generic neuron consists of (4)
soma (cell body)
dendrites
axon
synaptic terminals
what are dendrites in neurons
input from environment or other cells
what do axons do in neurons
conduct nerve impulse
axons in a nerve are insulated with
myelin sheath
axon is ___ a nerve. they are ___ the nerve
NOT
inside
what are synaptic terminals in nerves
output to muscle/gland/nerve
structural types of neurons
anaxonic
bipolar
unipolar
multipolar
what are anaxonic type of neurons
what do they do
send rite and axon look alikes
CNS
brain and ganglia
TALK to other neurons via dendrites
what are bipolar types of neurons
soma situated between dendrite and axon
SPECIAL sense
what are unipolar types of neurons
soma to one side of axon and dendrite
SENSORY nerves
what are multipolar types of neurons
several dendrites and single axon
MOTOR nerves
what are afferent axons and what do they do
sensory nerves
brings sensory information TO CNS from tissues and organs
what are efferent axons and what do they do
motor nerves
carry motor commands FROM CNS to muscles and glands
3 types of sensory receptors
exteroceptors = environment info (touch, temp)
proprioceptors = position of muscles and joints (pinch skin and turn it, bend your finger back)
interoceptors = internal environment (GI)
interneurons in the CNS
- ___ of these in your body than anything else
- connects between __ and __ neurons
- coordinate sensory ___ and motor ___
- ___ all other types of neurons
- more
- sensory and motor
- input & output
- outnumbers
nerves have ___ WITHIN them
neurons
groupings of myelinated axons (white matter)
- CNS =
- PNS =
- tracts, columns, commissures (pathway)
- nerves
groupings of cells bodies (grey matter)
- CNS =
- PNS =
- nuclei
- ganglia
signal transfer - Synapse
- chemical gradient passes ___ along the axon
- neurotransmitter is ___ into synaptic gap
- chemical signal =
- pre synaptic membrane =
- post synaptic membrane =
- down
- released
- neurotransmitter
- send
- receive
PNS Neuroglia =
cells that support and protect neurons (and fluid balance)
2 types of PNS Neuroglia
- ___
a. surround neuron ___ bodies
b. exchange of ___
- ____ (myelin) - keeps things from shortening out
a. neurilemma = sheath of ___ that surrounds ___
b. aid in ___ of damaged nerves
- satellite cells
a. cell
b. nutrients
- Schwann cells (myelin)
a. myelin, axons
b. repair
CNS neuroglia =
cells that support neurons
3 types of CNS Neuroglia
- ___ (large, numerous)
a. wrap around ___ (blood brain barrier)
b. maintain ___ fluid balance in neural tissue
- ___ (medium sized, several)
a. __ each axon from other axons
b. binds ___ neurons together
- ___ (janitors) (small with several branches)
a. ___ of debris and pathogens
- astrocytes
a. capillaries
b. interstitial
- oligodendrocytes
a. insulates
b. multiple
- microglia
a. removal
connective tissues associated with nerves (PNS)
- ___ - around axon
- ___ - bundles several axons into fascicles
- ___ - bundles several fascicles into a nerve
- endoneurium
- perineurium
- epineurium
demyelination pathologies
- occur in both __ and ___
- caused by ___, disease, genetics
- examples of how you can lose myelinated axons
- a. heavy ___ poisoning
- b. ___ insult
- c. ___ system dysfunction
- CNS and PNS
- poisoning
3a. metal
3b. bacterial
3c. immune
rabies virus
- typically carried by ___ animals
- body-___ transfer (blood, saliva)
- travels from bite along __ to ___
- convulsions, coma, ___
- carnivorous
- fluid
- PNS to CNS
- death