Lecture Exam 4 - Chapter 11 Flashcards
- Three main functions of the nervous system -
_________ – monitors what’s going on both inside and outside the body (includes all hearing, seeing, pain, etc.)
Sensory input
- Three main functions of the nervous system -
_________ – Interprets information from the sensory input and decides what to do
Integration
- Three main functions of the nervous system -
_________ – response in the form of messages sent to muscles, organs, or glands
Motor output
- Receptors in your hand send temperature information to the brain (_________)
- Your brain decides that’s a bad thing (_________)
- Your brain sends a message to your muscles to pull away (_________)
- sensory input
- integration
- motor output
Central nervous system (CNS) – consists of the _________ and _________
- brain
- spinal cord
_________ – everything except the brain and spinal cord
Periphial nervous system (PNS)
Periphial nervous system (PNS): Primarily made up of _________ nerves and _________ nerves
- spinal
- cranial
_________ : Responsible for integrating, processing, and coordinating sensory data and motor commands
Central nervous system (CNS)
_________ : Carry impulses to and from the spinal cord and brain
Periphial nervous system (PNS)
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ : (means toward)
Afferent
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ : carries sensory information from the receptors of the body to the CNS
Afferent division
- Divisions of the PNS -
Afferent division:
_________ detect changes in the environment
– eyes, ears, touch, pain, heat, cold, etc.
Receptors
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ = (“away from”)
Efferent
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ : carries motor information from the CNS to the body
Efferent
- Divisions of the PNS -
[Two parts of the efferent division]
_________ – controls skeletal muscles
-Voluntary and involuntary (reflexes)
Somatic
- Divisions of the PNS -
[Two parts of the efferent division]
_________ – visceral motor system
-Controls cardiac and smooth muscle, organs, and glands
Autonomic
- Divisions of the PNS -
[Two parts of the efferent division]
_________ :
-Controls cardiac and smooth muscle, organs, and glands
Autonomic
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ : (resting & Digesting) – generally slows things down (heart rate)
Parasympathetic
- Divisions of the PNS -
Parasympathetic : (resting & Digesting) – generally _________ things down (heart rate)
slows
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ : (fight or flight) – generally speeds things up
Sympathetic
- Divisions of the PNS -
Sympathetic (fight or flight) – generally _________ things up
speeds
- Divisions of the PNS -
_________ – controls activity within the digestive system
Enteric
_________ – functional units of the nervous system
Neurons
_________ : Supporting cells
Neuroglia
- Supporting cells -
_________ :
- Provide structural support for neurons
- Provide Nutrients for neurons, remove excess materials, and regulate chemical concentrations
- Wrap around capillaries to maintain the blood brain barrier
Astrocytes
- Supporting cells -
_________ –
Connected to blood capillaries, neurons, and covering of the brain
Astrocytes
- Supporting cells -
Astrocytes:
- Provide structural support for _________
- Provide Nutrients for neurons, remove excess materials, and regulate _________ concentrations
- Wrap around capillaries to maintain the _________ barrier
- neurons
- chemical
- blood brain
- Supporting cells -
_________ – very small and least numerous
-Work as police and janitors – clean up debris and attack pathogens
Microglia
- Supporting cells -
_________ :
-Work as police and janitors – clean up debris and attack pathogens
Microglia
- Supporting cells -
_________ – line the central canal of the spinal cord and the ventricles of the brain
Ependymal cells
- Supporting cells -
_________ – Secrete cerebrospinal fluid and some have cilia to help keep the CSF flowing
Ependymal cells
- Supporting cells -
_________ – form the myelin sheath in the CNS
-Send extensions to many axons
Oligodendrocytes
- Supporting cells -
_________ – surround neuron cell bodies in the PNS
-Functions are similar to astrocytes
Satellite cells
- Supporting cells -
_________ – form the myelin sheath in the PNS
Schwann cells
- Supporting cells -
One Schwann cell forms part of the _________ for one axon
myelin sheath
_________ Receive information from other neurons and carry it _________ the cell body
- Dendrites
- toward
_________ – usually only one
–Carries action potential _________ from the cell body
- Axon
- away
_________ – enlarged area of the cell body
axon hillock
_________ in each neuron processes the information it receives before sending on its conclusion as an action potential.
axon hillock
Like a departmental manager, the _________ receives information from the other departments, or neurons
axon hillock
_________ is the white covering of the axons (dendrites are unmyelinated)
myelin sheath
_________ : Bigger the nerve, thicker the sheath
-Function is to protect the _________, provide _________ and increase the speed of _________ transmission
- myelin sheath
- neuron
- insulation
- impulse
Myelin sheath : Formed by _________ in the PNS
Schwann cells
- Myelin sheath -
Gaps in the sheath are spaces between cells are called the _________
Nodes of Ranvier