Lecture 5.3 Flashcards
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Where neurotransmitter are released
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Presynaptic membrane
1
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Specialized site of communication between neurons and another cell
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Synapse
2
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Presynaptic cell
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Before synaptic cell
3
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Most common neurons in CNS
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Multipolar neurons
4
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10 million in body
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Sensory neurons
5
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20 billion in body
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Interneurons
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500,000 in body
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Motor neurons
7
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Monitor sensation inside body from various systems
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Interoceptors
8
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Monitor body position and movement of joints and muscles
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Proprioceptors
9
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Monitor sensations from external environment
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Exteroceptors
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Axons that have myelin sheath are?
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Myelinated
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Axons that lack myelin sheath are?
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Unmyelinated
12
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Coats axons and increase speed of nural impulse transmission
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Myelin
13
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From sheath around peripherals axons
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Schwann cells
