Module 7 Flashcards
Axon
Projection transmit impulses Away from the cell body
Dendrites
Projections transmit toward the cell body
Terminal boutons
Tiny bulges at the end of axon that communicate with neurons, muscle fibers or glands
Myelin Sheath
Surround same axons and increase the rate of impulse transmission
Schwann Cell
Produce the Myelin sheath
Nodes of ranvier
Separate the Schwann cell
White matter
Bundles of myelinated nerves
Synapse gap
The gape between the neurons
Presynaptic terminal
Terminal bouton or similar
synaptic cleft
Space between neurons
Postsynaptic cell membrane
opposite ends of the presynaptic terminal
Afferent
Transmit impulse from sensory towards the CNS (brings info to the brain)
Efferent
Sends directions from your brain to muscles and gland
Somatic
Voluntary (skeletal muscle movement)
Autonomic
involuntary (keeps your heart beating, breathing etc.)
Sympathetic
flight or fight
Parasympathetic
Rest/digestive, relex
Electrical impulses
Neural impulses are generated by small ionic changes
Action potential
ability to create this charge
Resting potential
charge at rest
Meninges
Membranes that encase the CNS
Cerebrospinal fluid
The plasma-like liquid that fills the space between the arachnoid and the Pia mater layers provides additional cushion and support
Dura mater
is the outer and toughest layer
arachnoid layer
is the middle layer with a spider web-like vascular system
Pia mater
is the innermost layer
Neurons
Generate and transmit bioelectrical impulses
Neurons facts
- Do not divide
- Losses due to age and injury
- not all cell death results in loss of functioning
-undamaged neurons in the brain will assume functions of damaged neurons
Neurons facts 2
-severed brain and spinal cord axons can’t be repaired
-a spinal cord can result in paralysis and loss of sensation below the damaged area
-constant oxygen and glucose supply if not can be hypoxia and hypoglycemia
Electrical impulses steps
- protein gates open and sodium flows into the cell, increasing the charge called depolarization
- rapid outflow of positively charged potassium ions immediately following depolarization to return to resting potential
- impulses travel down the nerves, triggering the release of neurotransmitters from the presynaptic terminal
- the neurotransmitters cross the synaptic cleft only in one direction, to stimulate an electrical reaction in nearby neurons.
- electrical reaction passes through those neurons to the next synapse. then repeat
some neurotransmitters inhibit action potential
TRUE
At each synaptic transmission, a small burst of neurotransmitters is released and then either destroyed by enzymes or reabsorbed by the postsynaptic membrane to be recycled for the next transmission.
TRUE
How many cervical
8
How many Thoracic
12
How Many lumbar
5
How many Serum
5
How many coccyx
1
How many cranial nerves
12
Where do most nerve fibers pass through?
Most of the many nerve fiber pass through branches that terminate in the reticular formation
Reticular formation
Acts like a gatekeeper, receiving all incoming and outgoing information