module 1.10 Flashcards
what are the 4 phases of an action potential?
initiation- depolarised to threshold voltage
upstroke- threshold reached causes voltage gated sodium ion channels open and causes an overshoot to a positive value
regeneration- thresh hold voltage also causes a more delayed openeing of voltage gated potassium ion channels brings voltage back to negative value
refactory period- absolute refactory period, no action potential can be fired, relative action potential, requires a larger action potential
what are the 2 types of synapses?
electerical and chemical
what are the features of an electrical synapse?
- bi-directional
- formed at gap junctions when the plasma membranes of two adjancent cells are with in 2-3 nm apart
what are the features of a chemical synapse?
- unidirectional
- A synaptic cleft , a gap 30 nm wide, separates the presynaptic membrane of the terminal bouton and postsynaptic membrane of the target cell. The presynaptic terminal has synaptic vesicles , which contain the chemical neurotransmitter, and its membrane has an active zone where synaptic vesicles can dock and release the transmitter. The postsynaptic membrane opposite the active zone has a postsynaptic density packed with receptors capable of binding the transmitter
what is the sequence of events that occur at a synapse?
1) action potential arrives at pre synaptic terminal
2) depolarisation causes voltage gated calcium ion channels to open in presynaptic membrane so calcium ions enter the terminal
3) this causes the release of transmitter from synaptic vesicles to synapse
4) diffuse across cleft and bind to receptors on post synaptic membrane
5) produces post synaptic potential
6) transmitter is transported back into the neurone
7) synaptic vesicles are reused and recycled
what does it mean for a transmitter to be excitatory or inhibitory?
excitatory - increases the chance a postsynaptic neurone will fire an action potential
inhibitory - decreases the chance a neurone transmitter will fire an action potential
( a neurotransmitter can change which it is depending on receptors at post synaptic membrane etc)
what are the two broad categories of neurone transmitters?
classical transmitters and peptide neurotransmitters
what are the two types of cell surface receptors that neurotransmitters attach to?
Ligand-gated ion channels ( ionotropic receptors), G-protein-coupled (metabotropic ) receptors
what is nociception?
transmission and transduction of noxious stimuli (an acctually and potentially tissue damaging event)
nociceptive vs neuropathic pain
NOCICEPTION: NEUROPATHIC:
- impulses from nociceptors to brain -impulse caused by damaged
- feel as ache/throb. nerves
- identifiable stimulus -feels tingling/ burning
- mostly acute - unidentifiable stimulus
- responds to medication - mostly chronic
- poor response to medication
what are the 3types of noxious stimuli?
mechanical, chemical and thermal
what is the ascending pathways for pain?
spinothalamic
anterior - crude touch and pressure
lateral - pain and temprature
what are the two types of the spinothalmic pathway to pain?
Spinoreticular (automatic responses to pain)
Spinoparabrachial (emotional/affective response to pain)
describe the spinothalamic pathway
nociceptor afferent –> dorsal horn spinal cord –> spinothalamic tract –> thalamus —> somato sensory cortex
describe the spinoreticular pathway for pain
nociceptor afferent –> dorsal horn spinal cord –> medulla, pons, midbrain –> thalamus –> somatosensory cortex
describe the spinoparabrachial pathway of pain
nociceptor afferent –> dorsal horn spinal cord –> pons –> amygdala, hypothalamus
what are two pain fibres and how do they differ in the pain they cause?
A delta fibres: Bright, sharp, stabbing,“Fast” pain, Cold stimuli
C fibres: Dull, throbbing, aching, “Slow” pain , Warm stimuli
what are the 2 main cells that make up nerve tissue?
neurons- structural and functional unit of nervous system, rapid communication
neuroglia - non-neuronal, excitable cells, scaffolding
what are the 4 types of neuroglia in the CNS?
astrocytes - blood brain
microglia - phagocytosis
ependymal cells - fluid
oligodendrocytes - myellin sheath in CNS
what is the strucrure and function of sensory (afferent) nerve fibres?
structure: somatic and visceral nerve fibres
function: conducts impulses from receptors to the CNS
what is the function of motor nerve fibres (efferent)?
- conducts impulses from the CNS to effectors (muscles and glands)
what are the features of the autonomic nervous system?
- visceral motor (involuntary)
- conducts impulses from the CNS to cardiac muscles, smooth muscles and glands
what are the features of the somatic nervous system?
- somatic motor (voluntary)
- conducts impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles
what are the two divisions of the autonmic nervous system?
sympathetic and parasympathetic
what makes up a spinal nerve?
dorsal rootlets - sensory nerve fiber
ventral rootlets - motor nerve fiber
–> join to form dorsal and ventral nerve roots and unite to form a spinal nerve
what are the two neuroglia cells in the peripheral nervous sytem?
schwann cells - myellin sheath
satellite cells - support neuronal cell bodies in ganglia in PNS
what is a neurolemma?
a thin sheath around a nerve axon, and its formed by the cell membranes of schwann cells that immediatley surround the axon seperating it from others
what is the endomerium?
inner layer of connective tissue which surround the neurolemma (myellin sheath)
what is a fasicle?
a bundle of nerve fibres
where is perinerium found?
surrounding a fassicle
where is epinerium ?
very outter layer surrounding many fassicles
what are the two families of ganglia?
autonomic ganglia - belong to autonomic nervous sytem
cerebro spinal ganglis - e.g. doral root ganglion
what is the structral difference between cerebro spinal ganglia and autonomic ganaglia?
autonomic ganglia have synapses where as cerbro spinal ganglia have no synpases just neuronal cell bodies
describe neuro transmitters in parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system (post synaptic and pre synaptic nerurones)
presynaptic neurone always release acetylcholine (so is chollinergic),
where as in the sympathetic the post synaptic neurone releases noradrenaline and the post synaptic neurone in the parasympathetic continues to release acetylcholine
how do parasympathetic and sympathetic differ in where the nerves are coming from?
parasympathetic- cranio sacral
sympathetic- tharaco lumbar
length of neurones difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic
sympathetic- short presynaptic, long postsynaptic
parasympathetic - long presynaptic, short postsynaptic
what is somatic sensory afferent fibres function?
somatic sensory afferent fibres transmit signals relation to touch, pain, temp and position
what is somatic motor efferent fibres function?
somatic motor efferent fibres stimulate skeletal muscles by causing contractions- voluntary an reflex
what is the pathway of presynaptic sympathetic visceral efferent fibres?
leaves through anterior roots, enters anterior rami of spinal nerves and pass to sympathetic trunk
what are the 4 options for a visceral efferent (sympathetic) fibre after leaving lateral horn?
1) synapse immediatley
2) ascend and synapse
3) descend and synapse
4) leave without synapsing through splanchnic nerve
what are the 2 exit of the presynaptic parasympathetic visceral efferent fibres?
cranial - CN |||, V||, |X, X
sacral - pelvic splanchnic nerves
what are the features of the cervical plexus?
- innervates some of the structures in the neck and trunk
- located in the posterior triangle of the neck and half way up the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the prevertabral layer of cervical fascia
- formed by the anterior rami of the cervical spine nerves C1 - C4