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NAS W2 - SOMATIC & SYNAPSE Flashcards

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AFFERENT

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  • sensory - to brain

- carry sensory info from surface of body to the brain

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EFFERENT

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  • motor - to effectors
  • convey commands from brain (SNS) to skeletal muscles (lead to contraction)
  • has dendrites around the cell body & connects to axon BUT afferent has a naked cell body (no dendrites)
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PNS

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connects CNS to target organs & connects sensory organs to CNS

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INITIATION SEGMENT

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where AP is generated

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GLIAL CELLS

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produce myelin (for myelin sheath - to protect axon)

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SNS CHARACTERISTICS

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  • bi-stable state (always either active or inactive)

- effector organ is skeletal muscle & is responsible for muscle tone of body (tensing)

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CRANIAL NERVES

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transfer info to/from brain in relation to head & neck

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FEATURES/JOB OF DENDRITES OF SOMATIC EFFERENTS

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  • outside ones are thin & dendrite gets thicker as you get closer to cell body
  • increase SA of membrane cell body (for dendrite to receive signal)
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DIF. IN INITIATION OF EFFERENT & AFFERENT IMPULSES

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efferent - impulses generated in cell body to axons to muscles
afferent - peripheral end of axon creates impulse & passes it to side of axon which is in brain (cell body only used for metabolism & to make nutrients for cell)(not used to initiate any signals in afferent)

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HOW TO TELL IF NEURONE IS HEALTHY

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if nucleus in centre of body

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SOMATIC MOTOR NEURONES

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  • in ventral horn of spinal cord or cranial nerve motor of brain
  • heavily myelinated as very quick impulse transmission
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STRIATED MUSCLE

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  • all fibres travel in one direction & has sarcomere (skeletal & cardiac)
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NON-STRIATED MUSCLE

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fibres flow in opp. directions (smooth)

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DISEASES THAT DEMYELINATE AXON

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multiple sclerosis, diabetes, Guillain barre

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MYELINATION IN PNS

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  • 1 schwann cell myelinates each axon (insulated to speed up impulse conduction)
  • satellite cells support support the neurones
  • microglia used for immune & inflammatory functions
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MYELINATION IN CNS

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  • one single oligodendrocyte myelinates several axons at once
  • damage to oligodendrocyte cell way more dangerous than PNS damage as once cell myelinates all axons not one cell per axon
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CHROMATOLYSIS

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nucleus pushed to side of cell (indicates injured neurone)

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MEMBRANE ENVELOPE OF NERVES (IN TO OUT)

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ENDONEURIUM - encases a single cells axon
PERINEURIUM - encases nerve fascicle (collection of axons)
EPINEURIUM - encases entire nerve & has interfascicular bands attaching adjacent nerve fascicles (perineuriums)

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SPINAL NERVES

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transmit info to & from spinal cord in relation to rest of body

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PRIMARY SENSORY NEURONES

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  • cell bodies have no dendrites
  • cell bodies appear as ganglia (round clumps)
  • detect environment signals & convert them to electrical messages conducted to CNS neurones for processing
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NORMAL NEURONES (W/DENDRITES)

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  • have cell bodies in CNS & involved in receiving signals from other cells via dendrites
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AXON STRUCTURE

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  • has axon hillock (membranes of cell body that lead to axon (start as bulge))
  • has initiation segment where AP are initiated
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GREY MATTER

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  • made of cell bodies of NS (more cell bodies = more grey)
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TYPES OF GLIAL CELLS

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  • ependymal - secrete CSF
  • astrocytes - link neurones to blood supply
  • microglial cell - phagocyte pathogens
  • Schwann/oligodendrocyte - myelinate neurones
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GAP JUNCTION (ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE)

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  • fastest & easiest means of communication between cells

- common between glia-neuron or glia-glia

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CHEMICAL SYNAPSE

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  • uni-directional (pre synaptic to post)
  • neurotransmitter in vesicles bind with membrane & release neurotransmitter (exocytosis) which diffuses across synaptic cleft & goes to post-synaptic receptors
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RAPID TERMINATION OF SIGNAL (FOR EFFICIENCY)

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  • by enzyme breakdown (enzymes around synapse breakdown neurotransmitter)(AcH esterase hydrolyses AcH into choline + acetate in post-synaptic & choline up-taken by choline carriers in pre-synaptic to form AcH)
  • by re-uptake of neurotransmitter (re-uptake proteins reuptake any neurotransmitter back into pre-synaptic to be broken down by enzyme)
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IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR

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  • transmitter binds = structrural change = channel opens = ion movement (fast but slow lasting)
  • e.g. Ach nicotinic receptor
  • e.g. AP where channel opens & NA+ released
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METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR (GPCR)

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  • transmitter binds = activates G-protein = activates effector = indirect effects on excitability (slower but last long)
  • activated GPCR can open/close ion channels or stimulate/inhibit enzymes
  • e.g. ACH muscarinic
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HOW SYNAPTIC INPUT LOCATION IMPACTS INFLUENCE

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Synaptic input closer to cell body/axon hillock = more influence

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EPSP

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small excitatory post synaptic potential (not big enough for threshold)

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SPATIAL SUMMATION

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summing of post synaptic potentials generated at separate synapses (many small EPSP = more NA+ influx = reaches threshold)

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TEMPORAL SUMMATION

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summary of rapid succession of post synaptic potential but from ONE synapse

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