Lecture Exam 4: Nervous System Flashcards
What is the new name for Node of Ranvier?
Myelin sheath gaps
What do sensory (receptor or afferent) neurons do?
Acts as receptors of stimuli
OR
Activated by receptors which they are connected to
What are motor (efferent or effector) neurons?
Send information processed in the CNS or PNS via a signal to the body’s effectors
This causes them to respond by contracting, and glands secreting
What are interneuron’s or associative neurons?
Neither sensory nor motor, they connect neurons with other neurons
What are the 3 types of neurons- nerve cells?
Multipolar
Bipolar
Unipolar
What are the characteristics of a multipolar nerve cell?
1 or more dendritic branches from all parts of the cell body
What are the characteristics of a Bipolar nerve cell?
2 processes from cell soma
What are the characteristics of a Unipolar nerve cell?
No dendrites arising directly from cells soma
1 primary process that gives rise to several branches
What do the neuroglial cells (nerve glue) do?
Support
Nourish
Insulate Neurons
How many neuroglial cells are there in the nervous system?
4
How many neuroglial cells are there in the peripheral system?
2
What makes up the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord
What makes up the peripheral nervous system?
Cranial and spinal nerves
What is an astrocyte?
Wraps around capillaries, creates blood/brain barrier
What are microglial cells?
White blood cells of NCS, takes away bad things; phagocytes
What are ependymal cells?
Be within choroid plexus, help secrete spinal fluid
What is oligodendrocytes?
Myelination
What are satellite cells?
Wraps around cell body
What is schwann?
A myelinated neuron
What does somatic imply?
Voluntary
What is an example of somatic nervous system?
Skeletal system
What does autonomic imply?
Automatic
What is sympathetic?
Fight or flight
What is parasympathetic?
Rest and digest
Tail musculature:
Spinal cord extends to caudal end of vertebral column
No tail musculature:
Spinal cord extends to lumbar region of vertebral column (Cauda Equina)
No tail =
Spinal cord stops between L1 and L2
Lumbar vertebrae 1 & 2
What is the Filum terminale?
Non neural structure that anchors the spinal cord
What is foramen magnum of skull?
What is grey matter in the spinal cord?
Nerve cell bodies
What are the 2 different fiber tracts of the spinal cord?
Ascending and Descending
What is white matter in the spinal cord?
Nerve axons
What is ganglion?
Group of cell bodies
What is the ascending (afferent) fiber tract responsible for?
Sensory
What is the descending (efferent) fiber tract responsible for?
Motor
What are the 2 roots from the spinal cord?
Dorsal roots
Ventral roots
What are dorsal roots?
Has ganglion (sensory)
What are ventral roots?
No ganglion (moto)
Dorsal and ventral roots did not unite in what animals?
Early vertebrates
What is the Prosencephalon responsible for? Where is it found?
Smell
Found in forebrain